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Historical Event on 9/4/1987
Roop Kanwar, an 18-year-old girl, commits Sati (burning herself in her husband's funeral pyre) in Deorala in Rajasthan.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/6/1997 | New economic grouping BIST-EC (Bangladesh-India-Sri Lanka-Thailand Economic Cooperation forum) comes into being. |
| 5/1/1940 | Marathi magzine `Digdarshan' was published. |
| 6/14/1905 | Smt. Hirabai Barodekar, famous veteran Maharashtrian classical singer, was born. |
| 8/12/1919 | Dr. Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai, the father of Indian space technology and scientist, was born at Ahmedabad. |
| 1/1/1965 | This year was announced to be observed as the ""Year of International Co-operation"". |
| 12/19/1961 | Goa was liberated after Portuguese surrendered to the Indian troops. |
| 12/12/1930 | Babu Genu sacrificed his life to stage the boycott of foreign goods. |
| 12/12/1930 | Vasco-de-Gama was the Last Viceroy of Portuguese, who ruled India. |
| 10/5/1991 | Vinayakrao Devrukhkar, famous playwright, novelist and editor of a daily newspaper 'Sandhya', died. |
| 1/12/1955 | Pandit Baburao Vishnu Paradkar, eminent Hindi editor and veteran journalist, passed away. |
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