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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
5/28/1964A slow-moving funeral cortege containing the body of Jawaharlal Nehru inched through the streets of New Delhi today. A million and a half Indians lined the route to pay final respects to their beloved leader.
9/19/1726Khandoballal died.
2/16/1998Delhi-Tamil Nadu Ranji Trophy super-league encounter in Chennai comes to an abrupt halt with Delhi skipper and batsman Ajay Sharma sighting boot marks short of the good length area.
6/5/1966Indian rupee devalued by 36.5 percent.
2/2/1996Gold price zooms to all-time record high of Rs. 5600 per 10 grams.
4/7/1942Anandshankar Bapubhai Dhruv, famous Gujarati expert, Sanskrit Pandit and editor of a monthly magzine, died.
11/19/1992M. Veerappa Moily selected to become the new CM of Karnataka.
10/13/1781A treaty was singed between the Britishers and ruler of Gwalior, Scindia.
1/1/1926Mohammad Abdul Hye, educationist, was born at Alitangani, (Nowgong).
11/18/1973Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry, passed away. She came to India in 1914.