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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
3/27/1977The government revoked the national Emergency promulgated on Dec. 3, 1971.
5/10/1857India's real mutiny begins with the revolt of Sepoys of Meerut near Delhi the next day.
8/22/2000Parliament okays two Constitutional Amendment Bills restoring relaxations in marks for promotion in government jobs to SC/STs and exempting Arunachal from reservation for SCs.
2/28/1930Strike by workers of the Nizam state railways over bonus.
11/20/1999Melody queen Lata Mangeshkar, senior journalist `Cho' Ramaswamy, eminent jurist Fali S. Nariman and veteran RSS leader Nanaji Deshmukh nominated to the Rajya Sabha.
1/18/1932Shyam Nandan Kishore, great educationist, was born at Muzaffarpur.
8/15/1955Satyagrah started for the freedom of Goa.
7/16/1990O.P.Chautala resigns following directive from JD.
2/23/1996North-Eastern Development Finance Corporation inaugurated.
3/9/1994Devika Rani Roerich, the first lady of the Indian screen, died at the age of 87 years in Bangalore.