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Historical Event on 10/24/1579
Jesuit father and first Englishman S.J.Thomas Stephens arrived at Goa in a Portuguese ship. He settled here and died in 1619.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
9/2/1970 | Parliament abolishes the privileges of 279 maharajahs in New Delhi. |
6/25/1945 | Lord Vevil talk to the Indian political leaders. |
9/5/1998 | Trishul and Akash test fired from Chandipore. |
10/10/1977 | 61 people died in an accident between a passenger train and a freight train at Naini. |
10/16/1971 | David Jude Johnson, cricketer (Karnataka fast bowler, India 1996), was born in Arasikere. |
2/23/1962 | Union government sets up an Indian National Committee for Space Research (INCOSPAR) formed by the Department of Atomic Energy and work on Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS) started. |
8/18/1891 | Jain Muni Mishrimalji, poet, social reformer and orator, was born at Pali, Rajasthan. |
2/19/1974 | Bombay High Oil stock was found in the sea near Mumbai. |
6/5/1980 | Manipur University was established. |
10/14/1947 | Narsingh Chintaman Kelkar, great litterateur, politician and editor, died. |
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