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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
1/10/1922Museum of Prince of Wales, situated at Mumbai, opened for public.
10/12/1998Sushma Swaraj is sworn in Delhi Chief Minister in place of Mr. Sahib Singh Verma
6/12/1891Gandhiji sailed for India and reached in July.
1/1/1980This decade was announced to be observed as the ""International Decade of Water & Sanitation"".
3/3/1978Origin of Saka Era (India).
9/14/1967US announces plan to give India $1.3 million to buy contraceptives.
1/20/1988Shiv Charan Mathur sworn in as CM of Rajasthan.
1/1/1981This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year for the Disabled"".
11/8/1927Lal Krishna Adwani was born in Karachi (now in Pakistan).
12/17/1715Banda Bahadur Bairagi surrendered at Gurdaspur of Farrukhsiyar to the Mughal army.