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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 |
3/26/1931 | New Delhi replaces Calcutta as capital of British-Indies. |
2/8/1971 | Kanhaiyalal Maniklal Munshi, writer, administrator, leader and founder of Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan, died. |
12/10/1902 | Nijalingappa Siddavanahalli, president of Indian National Congress and politician, was born at Haluvagalu (Bellary). |
1/3/1985 | Azharuddin scores 110 in first Test innings. |
3/2/1952 | Sindri Fertilizer Factory, Bihar, formally inaugurated by Nehru. It was the first Government owned company. |
5/28/1968 | Bhagwan Gopinathji Bhan, was a mystic saint of early 20th century Kashmir in India. He has been called a ""jivanmukta"" (liberated soul) or ""Aghoreshwar"" and his spiritual state has been described as ""Shambhavi Avastha"" (state of Shiva), died. He was a great devotee of Shiva and Shakti and took intense "Sadhana". His disciples and devotees set up an ashram at Kharyar in Srinagar in his name. |
1/5/1994 | Jnanpith Award for Oriya Poet Sitakant Mahapatra. |
8/1/1672 | The East India Company and the English law was for the first time intorduced in India. It was set up as directed by the Court of Judicature. |
3/22/1902 | Great Britain and Persia agree to link Europe and India by telegraph. |
1/28/1902 | Gandhiji left for Rangoon visit. Stays for a month with Gokhale at Calcutta. Returns to Rajkot and settles down to practise. |
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