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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 |
| 6/16/1950 | Mithun Chakravorty, famous Hindi film actor, was born. |
| 2/27/1803 | Great fire in Bombay. |
| 5/18/1985 | Dr. P. C. Alexander appointed High Commissioner in Britain. |
| 5/7/2000 | Ranjit Singh Gill, one of the prime accused in the murder of Lalit Maken and his wife Geetanjali, who was the daughter of the late President Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma, on July 31, 1985, was extradited to Delhi from the US to stand trial in the case. |
| 11/23/1991 | India decides to upgrade its ties with the Soviet Republics. |
| 10/24/1995 | A total eclipse of the sun witnessed from India to Vietnam. |
| 11/9/1997 | Poonam Chibber, Miss Canada, crowned seventh Miss India Worldwide. |
| 11/16/1887 | Padmacharan Patnaik, famous Orria poet, was born. |
| 6/18/1879 | Venketeshwar Bachhali, famous physics scientist, was born. |
| 4/3/1857 | Queen Victoria declared as Queen of India also. |
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