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Historical Event on 12/4/1829
Britain abolished ""sati"" in India (widow burning herself to death on her husband's funeral pyre)
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/12/1621 | Guru Teg Bahadur Singh, Sikh Guru, was born. |
| 4/12/1621 | Admiral Dom Vasco-da-Gama (c.1469-1524)-I, Portuguese navigator, arrived in India. He sailed around the Cape of Good Hope to Calicut, Kerala with three vessels and was the first Westerner to sail to India from Europe. |
| 3/22/2000 | INSAT-3B launched. |
| 7/10/1972 | Herd of stampeding elephants kills 24 people in Chandka Forest, India. |
| 7/25/1982 | Dr. Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (1913-1996) retired from the post of sixth President. |
| 10/30/1994 | Swaran Singh, 87, former External Affairs minister, died. |
| 5/20/1999 | The CWC expels Sharad Pawar, M. P. A. Sangma and Tariq Anwar for six years from the primary membership of the party. |
| 3/16/1995 | World's best 7th wkt stand of 461 runs by Bhupinder Singh Jr. & P. Dharmani. |
| 9/21/1990 | Supreme Court refuses to stay implementation of Mandal Commission Report. |
| 3/9/1999 | Rabri Devi is sworn in Chief Minister of Bihar for the second time. |
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