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Historical Event on 4/17/1799
Srirangapatnam was surrounded by British Army in the fourth and last Mysore war which began in 1798. Tipu Sultan' was killed in the battle on 4th May. The East India Company announced the Seringapatanam Medal (1799).
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| 5/31/1994 | Pandit Samtaprasad, famous Tabla player, passed away. |
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| 5/2/1982 | Mohun Bagan retains Federation Cup (football) beating Mafatlal at Calicut. |
| 2/19/1891 | Amrita Bazaar Patrika became a daily newspaper. |
| 11/19/1975 | Sushmita Sen, former Miss Universe and film actress, was born. |
| 2/13/1945 | Vinod Mehra, famous Hindi film actor, was born. |
| 4/20/1971 | India won Cricket Test Rubber' for the first time after defeating West Indies Cricket Team. |
| 12/31/1923 | Vishnu Dayal Jhunjhunwala, great industrialist, was born at Kanpur. |
| 2/11/1989 | Pandit Narendra Sharma passed away. |
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