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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.

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11/6/1962National Defence Council established.
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5/20/1994Indian ship rescues over 2000 Indian nationals trapped in the embattled Yemen's port city of Aden.
3/20/1921Dr. P. C. Alexander, Governor of Maharashtra, was born.
9/29/1959Arati Saha successfully swam the English Channel. She was the first Asian lady to achieve the feat.
2/13/1861Colonel Bernard Irwin attacks & defeats hostile Chiricahua Indians.
2/13/1861Babur won the first Panipat battle and entered in North India's capital Agra.
2/26/1996Sahib Singh Verma sworn in as Delhi's second CM.
9/4/1980Second Commonwealth Regional Heads of Government Conference in New Delhi.
8/23/1994Former prime minister Mian Nawaz Sharif said that Pakistan possessed a nuclear bomb and warned that an attack by India could start a nuclear war in Pakistan.