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Historical Event on 12/4/1829

Britain abolished ""sati"" in India (widow burning herself to death on her husband's funeral pyre)

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/11/1991Five JD ministers at the Centre disqualified by Speaker Rabi Ray on the basis of anti-defection law.Five disqualified ministers who tendered their resignation were asked to continue in office by the PM.
5/1/1964Ravishankar University was established at Raipur in Madhya Pradesh.
12/17/1877Feroz Shah died at Makka, Saudi.
8/11/1999The last total solar eclipse of the millenium was seen in northern parts of India and France. This eclipse lasted for 2 min and 23 sec.
6/27/1906Establishment of `Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad'.
4/13/1796The first elephant was brought to America from Bengal, India.
9/3/1906Prithviraj Kapoor, veteran film actor, was born in Peshawar. His first film was 'Challenge' (1929). He is the founder of Prithvi Theatre in Bombay. He is remembered for his immortal role of Akbar is film 'Mugul-E-Azam'.
6/4/1989Melville de Mellow, Eminent broadcaster, died.
8/20/1933Mahatma Gandhi is rushed to the hospital on the fourth day of his latest fast.
4/26/1952India says U.N. may disintegrate if powers block consideration of issues in small countries.