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Historical Event on 12/11/1999

Leander Paes capped a brilliant year with his successive Challenger title, this time in Jaipur, beating Barry Cowan in the final.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/15/1888Gopal Ganesh Agarkar started daily newspaper 'Sudharak'.
1/30/1996Supreme Court directs CBI and other govt. agencies to speed up the Jain hawala probe.
11/18/1997US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright arrives in New Delhi. Ms. Albright said she raised the 'all-important issue of terrorism' with Pakistan's top leadership.
1/17/1999Madhya Pradesh won its maiden Wills Trophy championship, defeating Bengal in the final of the limited overs cricket championship in Calcutta.
8/17/1761William Carey, the first English missionary to India, was born. He taught at the newly founded Fort William College at Calcutta from 1801 till his death and helped found the Serampore Press, which made the Bible accessible to over 300 million people.
6/23/1993RBI cuts minimum lending rate by 1%.
6/9/1992Rajesh Khanna (Congress-I) defeats Shatrughan Sinha to wrest the New Delhi Lok Sabha seat from the BJP.
7/27/1889Branch of Indian National Congress, 'British India Committee' , was established under the leadership of Dadabhai Navroji.
4/19/1950Shyama Prasad Mukherji resigned. He was the first Minister of Central Cabinet.
12/12/1959Dwight D. Eisenhower, American President, came to India.