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Historical Event on 03/11/1399

While returning to his country, Timur Lung looted and destroyed Delhi and parts of North India including Hardwar, the Ganga pilgrimage town, and crossed Sindhu River.

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4/14/1659Aurangzeb defeated his brother Dara Shukoh to capture the throne of Delhi.
9/4/1999Umesh Chandra, Assistant Inspector General of Police, shot dead by the PWG in Hyderabad.
1/27/1989M. Karunanidhi sworn in as DMK CM in Tamil Nadu.
6/4/1947Dharmanand Damodar Kosambi, internationally famous Pandit of Buddhism, passed away.
3/21/1957India's national calender came into force.
5/1/1993Narayan Ganesh Goray, socialist stalwart, 86, passed away in Pune.
5/4/1799Tipu Sultan is killed in a battle against 5,000 British soldiers who stormed and razed his capital, Seringapatanam.
6/17/1933The civil disobedience campaign ended.
3/20/2000Unidentified militants gun down 35 Sikhs in the south Kashmir village of Chatti Singhpora in one of the worst incidents of violence in the State.
3/18/1972First Indian Book Fair was organised by National Book Trust in New Delhi.