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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
2/15/1901Muddan, famous Kannad poet and author, passed away.
6/23/1985Air India Jumbo Jet Boeing 747 'Kanishka' which was travelling to Mumbai from Montreal crashed into the Atlantic Ocean after explosion near Ireland. 329 people on board died.
5/8/1992Gul Mahomed, cricketer (8 Tests for India & one for Pakistan), passed away.
3/1/1996Supreme Court frees CBI from the control of PM Rao and directs that CBI would take no instruction or permission from or report to any authority personally interested in or likely to be affected by the investigation into the hawala case.
11/16/1877Ardaseer Cursetjee Wadia, professor, pioneer and innovator, died. He was the first Indian who was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society, London. He introduced lighting by gas and was the first to build ""INDUS"", a steam-ship in India in 1833. He also introduced sewing machine, photography and electro-plat
1/14/1991Chitragupta, famous film music director, passed away.
6/9/1999The Indian army occupies two key positions in the Batalik sector.
11/7/1998Jiwan Singh Umrangal (84), Akali leader and former Punjabi Minister, dies in hospital in Beas.
6/1/1938Continental Publication' started.
8/11/2000The World Bank signs an agreement for a $713 million aid to India for three infrastructure projects.