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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 |
| 4/1/1956 | Companies Act of 1913 was revised and Indian Companies Act of 1956 came into force. |
| 8/14/1996 | Amrit Rai, son of Munshi Premchand, died. |
| 3/16/1986 | Internationally wanted criminal Charles Sobharaj and 6 other prisoners escape from Tihar Jail. |
| 11/21/1963 | First sounding rocket launched from Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS). Thus started India's space programme. |
| 1/22/2000 | India retains the golf title in the SAARC championship in Dhaka. |
| 7/21/1977 | Bhudevchandra Basu, famous animal expert, passed away. |
| 6/17/1674 | Jijabai, mother of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, died. |
| 5/16/1945 | Prahraj Gopalchandra, modern author of Oria language, passed away. |
| 1/22/1858 | Veer Narayan Singh, freedom fighter, was sentenced to death. |
| 6/18/1901 | Ramchandra Bhikaji Gunjikar, Marathi novelist and editor, passed away. |
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