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Historical Event on 12/5/1999

India's Yukta Mookhey is crowned Miss World.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/5/1948C. Rajagopalachari appointed the first Indian Governor General to succeed Lord Mountbatten on 21 June.
10/21/1981Kerala under central rule.
5/21/1966General Election (11th) of India ends.
4/17/1917V.Sp. Manickam, famous Hndi writer, was born at Melasivapuri (Pudukkottai).
9/26/1932Gandhiji breaks fast on Indian government's acceptance of his demand regarding Harijans.
3/9/1931Karansingh, politician, was born.
4/22/1991IMF and the World Bank decide to grant $1 billion loan to India.
3/2/1990DMK Front to form government in Pondicherry and Congress (I) in Maharashtra.
9/17/1997Advance railway reservation period extended from 30 to 60 days w.e.f. February 01, 1998.
12/11/1999Gopalakrishna Gandhi, former High Commissioner to South Africa, is conferred the honorary doctorate by the University of Natal, Durban, South Africa.