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Historical Event on 03/09/1500
Pedro Cabral departs from Pourtugol with 13 ships to India.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
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10/18/1996 | Vigyan Bhawan in Delhi to be the venue for the trial of former PM Rao. |
10/22/1873 | Swami Rama Tirtha, great social reformer and poet, was born at Murariwala village of Gujranwala district. He lectured throughout Japan and America spreading "practical Vedant |
7/8/1930 | The King opens India House in the Aldwych, appealing for peace in India at London. |
7/24/1985 | Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and Sikh leader Sant Harchand Singh Longowal of Akali Dal signed a peace contract known as 'Punjab Accord' thus ending the four-year agitation in Punjab. |
5/13/1996 | M. Karunanidhi (DMK) sworn in as Tamil Nadu CM. |
4/23/1751 | Gilbert Aliat Minto, governor general of East India Company, was born. |
12/15/1999 | Yashwant Sinha, Finance Minister, arrives in Berlin to attend G-20 meet. |
2/25/1976 | India announces plan to penalize parents who have more than two children. |
9/8/1947 | There was little time to celebrate independence in India and Pakistan as large parts of the dominions were paralyzed with fear. Mobs ran wild as Muslims and Hindus battled to death and turned streets into rivers of blood. |
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