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Historical Event on 11/5/1999

India's Aarthie Ramaswamy won the girl's under-18 crown in the World Youth Chess Festival in Oropesa, Spain. Koneru Humpy bagged the silver in girls' under-12.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/3/1966Hurricane strikes Bengal, killing 1,000.
11/16/1983Kapil Dev took 9-83 vs West Indies at Ahmedabad. India still lost the game.
7/29/1748Boscawen landed 25 km south of Pondicherry.
1/5/1968Government of India accepts the administrative reforms commission's recommendation to appoint a Lok Pal.
4/30/1996Re-polling in 445 stations in six states.
1/7/1993The union govt. acquires 67.703 acres of land in and around the disputed area at Ayodhya and refers the issue to the Supreme Court.
12/10/1999Dara Singh, the prime accused in the killing of Australian missionary, again gives a slip to police.
6/1/1933Fortnightly 'Bal Sanmitra' was published.
1/27/1984First unit of Atomic Energy Production Centre started at Kalpakkam.
5/20/1878Krishnashastri Chiplunkar, Marathi novelist and omnicent, passed away.