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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
4/18/1971Gavaskar makes 220 in second innings vs West Indies after 124 in first.
4/26/1992Medha Patkar arrested in Gujarat as the third Annual Goldman Environmental Prize of $ 60000 is awarded to her.
8/28/1998India and Pakistan clash at the Security Council after New Delhi denounced the running of terrorist training camps in the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and Afghanistan.
7/26/1910Unrest flares up in the Deccan region of India. Demand grows for self-determination.
11/19/1924Amarjit Singh, great educationist and scientist, was born at Punjab.
10/22/1764The Battle of Buxar was fought between armies of Mir Qasim, the Nawab of Bengal; the Nawab of Awadh; and the Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II and British East India Company led by Hector Munro.
11/22/1872Meera Behn (Medlin Slade), freedom fighter, was born at England.
1/8/1993Dr. P.C. Alexander appointed Governor of Maharashtra.
9/1/1956Pakistani troops infiltrated the Line of Control in Kashmir.
6/4/1986Masti Vyanktesh Iyengar, famous Kannad author and Gyanpeeth Puraskar awardee, passed away.