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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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9/29/1930Ramnath Baburao Kenny, cricketer (batted in 5 Tests for India in 1950's), was born in Bombay.
9/22/1937The last contingent of Indian freedom fighters was send to Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
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3/17/1999An international seminar on UN Peacekeeping was co-jointly hosted by Ministry of External affairs and Ministry of Defence at New Delhi from 17 to 19 March 1999. The seminar was conducted by HQ Army Training Command, Shimla on behalf of the Indian Army. A total of 126 foreign delegates from 71 countries participated in the seminar.
1/15/1988Kiran More stumps five West Indian batsman at Chidambaram Stadium in Madras thus creating a world Test record.
9/5/1988The country goes without newspapers on this day as the entire newspaper industry had protested against the Defamation Bill.
11/9/1924Pandit C. R. Vyas, veteran singer, was born.
7/23/1904The Great Indian Peninsula Railway started First Class restaurant cars on its mail trains.