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Historical Event on 4/17/1799

Srirangapatnam was surrounded by British Army in the fourth and last Mysore war which began in 1798. Tipu Sultan' was killed in the battle on 4th May. The East India Company announced the Seringapatanam Medal (1799).

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2/18/1974Daniel Moynihan, US ambassador to India, presents $2,046,700,000 cheque.
1/20/1949Junagarh formally merged with Saurashtra.
12/31/1802Peshwa Baji Rao-II, after being defeated by Yashwant Rao Holkar, signed the treaty of Subsidiary Allowance and accepted security of British Government.
3/19/1999The banned Maoist Communist Centre kills 34 Bhumihars at Senari village in Jehanabad district in Bihar.
3/26/1990Maniben Patel, daughter of Sardar Vallabhai Patel, passed away.
5/9/1998Kirit Raval is appointed Solicitor-General of India.
4/5/1940Charles Freer Andrews, a Christian Missionary, died in Calcutta. He is also referred as ""Deenabandhu Andrews"".