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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
9/2/1970Parliament abolishes the privileges of 279 maharajahs in New Delhi.
6/25/1945Lord Vevil talk to the Indian political leaders.
9/5/1998Trishul and Akash test fired from Chandipore.
10/10/197761 people died in an accident between a passenger train and a freight train at Naini.
10/16/1971David Jude Johnson, cricketer (Karnataka fast bowler, India 1996), was born in Arasikere.
2/23/1962Union 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.
8/18/1891Jain Muni Mishrimalji, poet, social reformer and orator, was born at Pali, Rajasthan.
2/19/1974Bombay High Oil stock was found in the sea near Mumbai.
6/5/1980Manipur University was established.
10/14/1947Narsingh Chintaman Kelkar, great litterateur, politician and editor, died.