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Historical Event on 02/25/1510

Portuguese Catholics conquer Goa under Albuquerque, the then Governor, to serve as capital of their Asian maritime empire beginning conquest and exploitation of India by Europeans.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/1/1963Delhi Special Police Establishment acquired its popular current name Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) through a Home Ministry resolution passed.
8/1/1986Amnesty scheme for evaders of taxes announced.
9/3/2000National Cricket Academy (NCA) wins the MRF Buchi Babu Cricket tournament in Chennai.
2/11/1993Andhra Naxalites release four out of six hostages.
5/7/1996Third and final phase of polling begins for 185 LS constituencies and 154 assembly constituencies; 55 to 60\% turnout was witnessed and there was widespread violence in Bihar.
1/18/1977Morarji Desai and other opposition leaders were released from jail and Lok Sabha was dissolved by the president during the emergency period.
8/7/1999A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, appeals to the United States to name Pakistan as a terrorist state.
3/24/1998200 people are killed in a tornado on both sides of the West Bengal-Orissa border. The toll includes 80 from West Bengal's Midnapore district.
5/30/1867Maulana Mohammad Kasim Nanantavi established the famous Islamic educational centre 'Dar- Ul -Ulum' in Devkampa, Uttar Pradesh.
4/1/1882Savings Bank Postal system was introduced.