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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
10/9/2000A special court convicts former Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalitha and her associate Sasikala and sentences them to undergo three years imprisonment and two years rigorous imprisonment in two 'Tansi land deal' cases.
7/1/1961Kalpana Chawla, the first Indian women astronaut (STS 87), was born in Karnal.
4/8/1857Mangal Pandey, the first revolutionary of Indian mutiny and freedom fighter, was hanged till death at Barrackpore. He struck the first bullet during the time of mutiny against the British Empire.
8/17/1996CBI seizes another Rs. 65 lakhs from Sukh Ram's residence.
11/3/1997India presents G-15 with agenda for a fair deal in Kuala Lumpur. India calls upon Group of 15 developing countries to ""build convergences among nations and encourage G-7 to pursue structured and issue-based dialogue with us'
2/20/1997RBI relaxes capital adequacy norms for commercial banks.
1/6/1818Dominion of Holkar in India are annexed with Rajput states and come under the British protection.
3/10/1945Madhavrao Scindia, prince of Gwalior and Congress leader, was born.
1/25/1856Battle of Seattle; skirmish between settlers & Indians.
4/4/1990MI-4 was re-equipped with the mighty Mi-35, thus becoming a dedicated Attack Helicopter unit of the IAF.