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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
3/12/1913Yashvantrao Balvantrao Chavan, first Chief Minister of Maharashtra, was born.
3/11/1984India's first modern boas `Jalusha' started from Vishakhapattanam.
2/2/1968TERLS dedicated to the United Nations.
2/3/1928Simon Commission comes to India under Lord Irwin, after which serious rioting started on his arrival.
9/27/1993Daily newspaper of Marathi Language ""Samna"" started its publication at Sambhaji Nagar (Aurangabad).
3/10/1873Maulana Shaukat Ali, freedom fighter, nationalist and Muslim politician, was born.
6/9/199881 persons are killed as cyclone hits the Saurashtra and Kutch regions of Gujarat and Jalore district of Rajasthan. Subsequently, the toll is put at 934 in the Kutch-Saurashtra region alone.
5/26/1946Gandhiji considers 'Plan' the best document produced by British Government under the circumstances.
7/10/1998India says it wont sign the CTBT unconditionally and invites Pakistan to join in disarmament efforts.
1/6/1989Satwant Singh (24) and Kehar Singh (54) executed for the murder case of Smt. Indira Gandhi in Tihar Jail at New Delhi.