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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
6/19/1947Salman Rushdie, English writer, was born in Bombay.
2/9/1984Balasarasvati, eminent classical Karnatic singer and Bharat Natyam dancer of worldwide acclaim, passed away in Madras.
2/10/1944Japanese troops take the Ngakyedauk Pass, cutting off the 7th Indian Division at Sinzweya, Burma.
12/12/1925Ghulam Mustafa Guard, cricketer (lefty pace bowler in 2 Tests for India 1959), was born in Surat, Gujarat.
10/2/1904Lal Bahadur Shastri, the second Prime Minister of India (1964-66), was born in Mughalsarai near Benaras in Uttar Pradesh.
10/15/1992Talwinder Singh Parmar, the Babbar Khalsa founder who masterminded the Kanishka jumbo explosion of 1985, was shot by security forces in Punjab.
1/20/1993Bindeshwari Dube, former Chief Minister Bihar, passed away.
6/3/1995Mayavati (BSP) becomes the new CM of UP with the outside support of BJP.
1/28/1898Nivedita, an Irish lady of Scottish descent, came to India.
2/11/1818Britishers captured the 'Ajinkyatara' fort which belonged to the Marathas.