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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 |
| 12/17/1830 | Simon Bolivar, great dynamic leader and social reformer, died. |
| 11/7/1867 | Madam Marie Sklodowska, great scientist, professor and Nobel Prize awardee, was born in Poland. |
| 12/14/1864 | Jagat Narayan, law expert and educationist, was born. |
| 8/1/1992 | S. Rajgopal was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-07-1993. |
| 3/16/1902 | A. Appadorai, educationist and author, was born at Angadipuram, Kerala. |
| 9/7/1995 | Chandrababu Naidu, Andhra Pradesh CM, wins the vote of confidence. He received 227 votes. 31 were neutral. |
| 7/28/1872 | Albert P Sarraut, French Governor General of Indo-China (1911..19)/PM (1933/36), was born. |
| 8/9/1965 | Pakistan chose to persist while the Indian Army Corps on the ceasefire line got down to neutralizing the Gibraltar Force. As a first step, main infiltration routes were blocked and Pakistan was forced out of the Haji Fir bulge (known to them as Bedori). |
| 6/13/1996 | Ramakrishna Hegde, JD leader and former Karnataka CM, expelled from the party for 6 years by JD president Laloo Prasad Yadav for anti-party activities. |
| 9/16/1913 | Kasturba Gandhi was arrested. |
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