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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
5/19/1980T. N. Raina, former General of India, passed away.
8/26/1997Employee Provident Fund scheme of 1952 amended to ensure that all PF claims are settled within 30 days from the date of receipt of claims by the PF Commissioner.
3/16/1993Central government introduces pension scheme for 170 million EPF subscribers.
10/27/1999Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in Madhya Pradesh splits.
4/8/1923Plague in India killed 1,000 in past week.
8/30/1928Jawaharlal Nehru lays his plans for a free India and becomes president of Congress Party in 1929.
9/29/1755Robert Lord Clive founded the British empire in India
6/25/1998Sikh high priests exonerate the Akali Dal leader and chief of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, Gurcharan Singh Tohra, of charges of violating a ``Hukumnama'' (religious edict) issued by the Akal Takht, which prescribed a complete boycott of the members of the Nirankari missions for their ''blasphemous'' activities.
11/19/1877Jatindranath Benarjee, revolutionary of Indian freedom movement, was born.
3/3/1993Sharad Pawar nominated CM of Maharashtra.