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Historical Event on 11/1/1858

Her Majesty Queen Victoria was no longer amused with the Company's loss of control, and India came directly under the Crown of 'Princes, Chiefs and People of India'. Britain Government took over administrative powers from East India Company to rule India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/30/2000Gen. S. Padmanabhan takes over as the new Chief of the Army Staff from Gen. V. P. Malik.
2/14/19674th Parliamentary Lok Sabha Election was held and the election process was completed on 15/02/1967.
3/1/1993India develops Phased Array Radars critical for its ""Akash"" surface-to-air missile and launches its indigenous main battle tank 'Arjun'.
3/1/1993Akbar removed 'Jeziya' or toll-tax for his non-Muslim subjects.
1/1/1991Bhanu Pratap Singh, Karnataka Governor, resigns. Goa governor Khurshid Alam Khan appointed in his place.
8/8/1966India endorses the Partial Nuclear Ban Treaty.
7/12/1949Dutch KLM Constellation crashes near Bombay, 45 die.
3/9/1989Yasser Arafat, PLO Chairman, arrives on a two-day state visit to India.
5/8/1995Prem Bhatia, journalist, passed away at 83.
3/29/1977S. N. Mathur became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 02/05/77).