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Historical Event on 4/11/2000

Ms. Jhumpa Lahiri, an author of Indian origin, wins the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for her debut collection of short stories 'Interpreter of Maladies'.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/17/1994Opposition ends Parliament boycott.
11/18/1997US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright arrives in New Delhi. Ms. Albright said she raised the 'all-important issue of terrorism' with Pakistan's top leadership.
1/11/1996Canadian PM Jean Chretien visits New Delhi.
9/29/1914Japanese vessel 'Kamagata Maru' reached Baj Baj near Calcutta from Vancouver carrying Indian revolutionaries.
6/6/2000Abhijit Kunte wins the National `A' chess championship at Mumbai.
5/26/1945Vilasrao Dagdojirao Deshmukh, leader in Maharashtra, was born.
5/11/1911Shrimati Lalitadevi, wife of second Prime Minister of India Lal Bahadur Shastri, was born.
12/11/1926Kamala Kant Pandey was born at Varanasi. He was the first Indian agriculture graduate to win the London Exhibition Scholarship. He was elected fellow of the Linnean Society of London in 1966. In 1975, he made the discovery of a ""revolutionary technique in plant breeding
1/1/1999This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of Elderly"".
10/22/1997Indian veterans take winning 3-0 lead against Pakistan in the five-match cricket series.