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Historical Event on 9/1/1668

Mumbai was handed over to East India Company by King of England.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/4/1990Hindi film 'Bagh Bahadur' received the best feature film award of 1989.
8/8/1940Dilip Narayan Sardesai, cricketer (high scoring Indian batsman of sixties), was born in Margao, Goa. He has received Arjun Award (1970).
1/18/1994A 12-point formula mooted to defuse the ministerial crisis.
9/20/1993First developmental launch of PSLV and Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-1E) carried remote sensing payloads. Could not be placed in orbit.
12/10/1936England replaces King Edward VIII stamp series with King George VI.
3/25/1963Yagyawalk Bharadwaj, famous botany scientist, passed away.
5/10/1936Dr. Mukhtar Ahmad Ansari, great freedom fighter, politician, journalist and muslim leader, passed away.
5/20/1991General Election (10th) of India begins.
7/23/1927Daily radio transmission broadcasting in India started by Bombay Radio Station. This was the first Commercial Radio Station.
7/27/199511 Cong-I and National Conference activists were gunned down in J&K after they were abducted from their homes.