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Historical Event on 5/4/1799
Tipu Sultan is killed in a battle against 5,000 British soldiers who stormed and razed his capital, Seringapatanam.
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| 7/13/1929 | Jatindranath Das started fast strike. |
| 12/12/1959 | Dwight D. Eisenhower, American President, came to India. |
| 12/16/1924 | Nissim Ezekiel, educationist and author, was born. |
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