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Historical Event on 4/11/1999
Chetan Baboor and Poulomi Ghatak won the men's and women's titles resp. in the India Cup table tennis in Mumbai.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/21/1971 | Gavaskar scores the first of his 34 Test tons, 116 at Georgetown. |
| 11/12/1959 | Keshavrao Marutirao Jedhe, great leader of Harijans and farmers, passed away. |
| 3/20/1925 | Marquess Curzon of Kedleston died this morning at age 66 from complications following an operation. Long a kingpin of the Conservative party, Lord Curzon spent 40 years in public life, serving as Viceroy and Governor General of India and, at the end of his career, as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Though he came close to becoming prime minister in 1923, his aristocratic past militated against him in an era which nominated leaders from the House of Commons. He twice wed US women and enjoyed fame as an author of books about politics and his own travels. |
| 4/15/1919 | British troops kill 400 Indians, who were demonstrating against the British rule at Amritsar for the forced marshall law on Punjab. |
| 3/29/1978 | Jayasinghrao Mansinghrao Ghorpade, cricketer, 8 Tests for India and 229 runs, passed away. |
| 10/12/1993 | National Environment Council with PM as chairperson set up. |
| 11/27/1994 | D. V. Purohit (Nanasaheb), veteran freedom figher and revolutionary, passed away. |
| 7/17/1976 | Mudliyar A. Ramaswami, Padmabhushan awardee, politician and industrialist, passed away. |
| 7/8/1985 | Sri Lanka Peace talks open in Thimphu. |
| 8/20/1915 | Devraj Ars, former chief minister of Karnataka, was born. |
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