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Historical Event on 9/29/1708
British East India Company and New East India company merged.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
11/2/1971 | Hurricane and ensuing tidal wave takes 6,000 lives. |
1/12/1993 | Ramakanth Rath, well-known Oriya poet, gets the Saraswathi Samman of Rs.3 lakh. |
5/25/1941 | Sagarmal Gopa, a devoted patriot and freedom fighter, was arrested in Jaisalmer. He wrote two books ""Jaisalmer Rajya ka Gunda Shasan"" and ""Raghunath Singh Ka Mukadma"" for which he was prohibited to enter in Jaisalmer. |
11/1/1954 | French handed over their territories of Pondicherry, Mahe, Karikal and Yanon to the Government of India. |
3/5/1995 | India and China agree to open two new border points including Nathu La (Sikkim) to facilitate meetings between their military personnel. |
11/12/1781 | Nagapatnam of South India was captured by the British troops. |
6/8/2000 | Bomb blasts rock churches in three states (A.P, Karnataka and Goa). |
11/15/1991 | Import curbs on capital goods relaxed. |
1/9/1946 | Nanalal Dalpatram Kavi, famous Hindi poet, Gujarati litterateur, writer, headmaster and innovator of duel meaning phrases, passed away. |
8/13/1998 | India signs two agreements with the World Bank for concessional credit through the International Development Association for $115.4 million. |
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