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Historical Event on 1/18/1999
Gul Panag (20) from Delhi was crowned Femina Miss India Universe at the Miss India 1999 beauty pageant in Pune.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/1/1903 | A vast crowd thronged the great plain outside Delhi today, waiting to hear the declaration that King Edward VII was Emperor of India. The crowd, clothed in brilliantly colored garments, was largely composed of common people who had come to the durbar to see India's princes pledge their fealty to the Emperor . The Duke of Connaught, representing King Edward, sat on the left of the Viceroy of India, Lord Curzon of Kedleston, who sat on a throne surrounded by giant silver footstools. Lord Curzon spoke briefly, then read a message from the King, who expressed regret at not being present at the durbar and his wishes for ""the increasing prosperity of my Indian Empire."" Among the dignitaries in the amphi-theater were 600 veterans of the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857-58. |
| 9/9/1941 | Syed Abid Ali, great Indian medium pace-bowler and all-rounder, was born at Hyderabad. |
| 8/20/1917 | Declaration of historic 'Mongegue'. |
| 3/30/1994 | Bombay beat Bengal by 8 wickets to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy. |
| 4/13/1889 | Balkrishna A. Pillai, litterateur and journalist, was born. |
| 9/25/1997 | BAI-IBC dispute resolved. |
| 10/25/1999 | Fixed term for Lok Sabha, Assemblies is under study, said President K R Narayanan in his address to a joint session of Parliament. |
| 1/1/1926 | Mohammad Abdul Hye, educationist, was born at Alitangani, (Nowgong). |
| 7/10/1927 | Ganga Ram, great social reformer and founder of Ganga Ram Hospital in New Delhi, died in England while functioning as an active member of the Royal Commission on Agriculture. He was against dowry and child marriages and advocated widow re-marriage and also established institutions for vocational education and education for adults. |
| 8/30/1992 | The first Indian-built ALH (Advanced Light Helicopter) successfully flown in Bangalore. |
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