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Historical Event on 04/07/1541

Father Francis Xavier, Spanish founder of the Jesuits, 35, and three friends set sail from Lisbon, Portugal for Goa. They became the first Roman Catholic missionaries to travel to India.

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9/11/1954Ram Naresh, editor and Hindi author, was born.
4/7/1997NAM foreign ministers two-day conference begins in New Delhi.
1/9/1935Savita Jajodiya, famous Marathi writer, was born.
10/14/1953Raghunath Dhondo Karve, Family Planning and Sex Education preacher, died.
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6/6/1992Ordinance issued to attach the properties of persons involved in the security scam.
9/10/1920Subramhanyam Bharti, national poet in Tamil language, orator, author, editor, philosopher and revolutionary, passed away.
4/15/1926Gurvel Singh Pannu, famous Hindi writer, was born in Lauhka, Punjab.
9/30/1881Rajah Annamalai Chettiar, famous musician, social worker and Governor of the Imperial Bank of India, was born at Kanadukattam, Tamil Nadu.