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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
1/1/1877Queen Victoria was proclaimed as 'The Empress of India' in Delhi Darbar.
8/2/1942Gandhi says that the Japanese might be welcomed in India should they invade due to current Indian discontent.
10/3/1957Republican Party of India established.
3/11/1997Sadhana Mukherjee, a sex-worker from Calcutta, represents India at the first international conference on prostitution beginning in Los Angeles.
11/19/1924Amarjit Singh, great educationist and scientist, was born at Punjab.
2/13/1856East India Company captured Lucknow along with Avadh Kingdom.
10/15/1946Victor Banerjee, actor (A Passage to India), was born in Calcutta, India.
11/22/1928British King George confined to bed with congested lung; Queen to take over duties.
2/13/1989Aubrey Menen (76), Renowned writer, passed away in Kerala.
11/17/1986SAARC Summit at Bangalore decides to set up permanent secretariat at Kathmandu; India elected new Chairman.