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Historical Event on 9/4/1987

Roop Kanwar, an 18-year-old girl, commits Sati (burning herself in her husband's funeral pyre) in Deorala in Rajasthan.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/29/1849Maharaj Dulip Singh left the throne of Punjab that once belonged to his late father Ranjit Singh and was then occupied by the East India Company. The Britishers had captured it after defeating the Sikh Army at Amritsar.
4/2/1942Congress rejected the proposal of Sir Stepherd Crips.
6/6/2000Abhijit Kunte wins the National `A' chess championship at Mumbai.
4/29/1924Purushottam Ramchandra Behr, famous writer and Editor of Marathi literature, was born.
5/25/1965Independent India had further clashes with Pakistan in 1965 and 1971, one over the intractable Kashmir dispute and the other over Bangladesh. A border war was also fought with China in 1962 in the North-Eastern region, which resulted in the loss of Aksai Chin in Ladakh and smaller areas in the North-east. India continues to dispute sovereignty over these areas.
5/1/1927Dr. Namwar Singh was born.
4/24/1959Nehru meets the exiled Dalai Lama in Mussoorie.
2/22/1978Judge Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 11/07/1985.
9/17/1892Shri Hanuman Prasad Poddar, social reformer, revolutionary and poet, was born in Shillong.
11/18/1997School bus plunges into the Yamuna killing 28 Delhi children.