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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
4/18/1917Gandhi saw one of his testing grounds of Satyagraha in Champaran. He defied section 144 of Criminal Act.
10/6/1985P.T. Usha sets record for 400m (Women) in 51.61 seconds at Canberra .
4/30/1992Over 7 years after the gas disaster, a Bhopal court orders attachment of Carbide properties in India.
5/1/1902Tornodo hit Dhaka part of Bengal, claims 416 lives.
2/8/1971Indira Congress wins the mid-term elections for Lok Sabha. Indira Gandhi becomes PM.
10/29/1999L .K. Advani, Home Minister, says the Centre is in touch with cyclone-hit states.
7/19/1763Mir Kasim was defeated in 'Katwa' battle by Britishers.
1/21/1999Bal Thackeray, Shiv Sena chief, suspends his party's protest against the coming India-Pakistan cricket matches after an urgent meeting with the Union Home Minister in Mumbai.
11/21/1998India 'B' beats Sri Lanka 3-2 in the final of the Bristol Freedom Cup four-nation football tournament in Colombo.
3/4/1951Eleven countries and 489 male and female athletes participated in the first Asian Games started at National Stadium in New Delhi.