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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 |
6/20/1987 | Dr. Salim Ali, internationally renowned expert of birds, died at Bombay. |
9/1/1947 | Indian Standard Time was adopted. |
5/13/1946 | Sarwate and Banerjee add 249 runs for the 10th wkt stand for Indians v Surrey. |
5/21/1930 | A raid of nationalists on salt works in Dharasana results in 630 casualties and the arrest of Mrs. Naidy, leader of the civil disobedience campaign. |
7/23/1997 | India decides to sign U.N. Convention against torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. |
11/11/1872 | Abdul Karim Khan, famous singer of ""Kirana Gharana"", was b |
11/24/1999 | The dedication ceremony of Shanmukhananda Hall is put off. |
9/21/1945 | British promise India independence. |
3/12/1941 | Chinese engineers leave to survey a route for the proposed 1,000-mile-long highway from Ningyuan, China to Assam, India. |
10/11/1941 | Amitabh Bachchan, famous film actor, was born. |
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