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Historical Event on 9/5/1612
East India Company's Navy eastablished.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/18/1979 | Vasantrao Naik, former Chief Minister of Maharashtra, died. |
| 4/10/1901 | Amiya Chakravarty, educationist, was born at Serampore in West Bengal. |
| 4/15/1883 | Narhar Raghunath Phatak, famous journalist and historian, was born. |
| 5/24/1813 | Krishna Mohan Bandopadhyay, leader, essay writer and journalist in Bengal, was born. |
| 2/23/1962 | The Cholera Research Centre was established at Calcutta (renamed as the National Institute of Cholera & Enteric Diseases in 1979). |
| 9/22/1789 | Office of Postmaster General is created under the Treasury Department. |
| 2/15/2000 | K.R. Narayanan, President, presents Dada Saheb Phalke Award for 1998 to B.R. Chopra for his contribution to Indian cinema. |
| 1/2/1967 | University established at Berhampur in Orrisa State. |
| 6/28/1787 | Sir Henry G W Smith, leader of British-Indian forces, was born. |
| 4/13/1851 | Ganga Ram, great social reformer and an assistant engineer in the Public Works Department, Punjab, was born at Mangtanwala, now in Pakistan. |
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