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Historical Event on 4/11/1999

Paes-Bhupathi won the doubles in the in the ATP-Gold Flake Open in Chennai.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/14/1967Vijay Yadav, cricketer (Indian wicket-keeper between More & Mongia), was born in Gonda.
1/11/1996Canadian PM Jean Chretien visits New Delhi.
9/17/1899First British troops leave Bombay for South Africa.
2/21/1983More than 600 people were killed in the Indian state of Assam after student agitators protesting the immigration of Muslim refugees from Bangladesh attempted to stop state elections.
2/21/1983Mughal army defeated Rana Pratapsingh in the battle of Haldighat.
4/21/1998The services of 12 non-railway chairmen of Railway Recruitment Boards are terminated.
6/13/196660 people were killed in a collision between two suburban trains of Bombay.
12/8/1920A. Adivi Reddy, social reformer and educationist, was born at Chandragiri, AP.
7/31/2000The Lok Sabha passes by voice vote a bill for creation of Chhattisgarh state.
10/28/1984Federal agents early this morning caught Guru Shree Rajneesh trying to flee the country. Rajneesh was charged with violating immigration laws and arranging phoney marriages for his cult members. The religious leader was nabbed at Charlotte, North Carolina airport when his jet, bound for Bermuda, touched down for re-fueling. The Bhagwan ran a commune of about 1,500 people in Oregon. Thousands more cult members live in Rajneesh's native land India and other countries. He knew the federal government had no faith in him after his chief adviser, a woman named Ma Anand Sheela, was arrested in West Germany for several minor offenses. Rajneesh appeared in court on this date clad in a lavender robe.