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Historical Event on 5/4/1799
Tipu Sultan is killed in a battle against 5,000 British soldiers who stormed and razed his capital, Seringapatanam.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/18/1964 | Dharam Vira was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 27-06-1966 |
| 3/23/1992 | G. S. Dhillon, former speaker of Lok Sabha, passed away. |
| 12/25/1964 | Anil Kaul, Canadian badminton player (Olympics-96), was born in Amritsar, India. |
| 12/12/1961 | Portuguese civilians are evacuated amid fears of an Indian troop invasion at Goa, Daman and Diu. |
| 7/16/1917 | Jagdishchandra Mathur, modern Hindi playwright, was born. |
| 3/6/1961 | India's first Financial daily 'The Economic Times' started publication from Bombay. |
| 7/16/1931 | C. T. Studd, 69, died. He was an English missionary, one of the 'Cambridge Seven,' who worked on the mission field in China, India and Central Africa. |
| 2/11/1989 | Pandit Narendra Sharma passed away. |
| 9/23/1908 | Ramdhari Singh Dinkar, famous Hindi poet, was born. |
| 11/2/1992 | Nine Maharashtra ministers resign. |
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