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Historical Event on 4/11/2000

Ms. Jhumpa Lahiri, an author of Indian origin, wins the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for her debut collection of short stories 'Interpreter of Maladies'.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/13/1929Jatindranath Das started fast strike.
1/11/1994Hyderabad score 6 for 944 against Andhra Pradesh in Ranji Trophy.
11/22/1928British King George confined to bed with congested lung; Queen to take over duties.
3/5/1948C. Rajagopalachari appointed the first Indian Governor General to succeed Lord Mountbatten on 21 June.
3/24/1992Congress (I) strength goes up by six seats in the Rajya Sabha on account of biennial polls.
2/7/1687Mughal army won the Gowalkonda fort. Kutubshahi came to end.
2/17/1997Anand finishes sixth in the City of Linares category 19 chess where Kasparov makes in four-in-a-row.
1/27/1984First unit of Atomic Energy Production Centre started at Kalpakkam.
9/3/1905Kamlapati Tripathi, leader of Indian National Congess, was born.
3/1/1951NitishKumar RamLakhanSingh was born in Bakhtiarpur, Distt. Patna (Bihar).