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Historical Event on 03/09/1500

Pedro Cabral departs from Pourtugol with 13 ships to India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/22/1929Air Mail Series Stamps were issued. These stamps were of denominations of 2, 3, 4, 6, 8 and 12 annas.
3/13/1992K. S. Niranjan, famous Kannad author, passed away.
9/21/1992Tarachand Barjatya, film producer, passed away.
2/20/1968Dr Prafulla Kumar Sen and others performed the first ever heart transplantion in Asia. The operation was performed by the Indian surgeons at K.E.M. Hospital, Bombay.
1/28/1998All 26 accused, who stood trial in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, were sentenced to death. A designated Judge of the TADA court in Chennai found them guilty.
7/1/1930Vinodkumar C. Gupta, leader in Maharashtra, was born.
12/20/1999Win Chadha ready to come to India to face trial in the Bofors case.
1/1/1956No. 20 Squadron, Indian Air Force's first jet squadron equipped with Vampires, was formed and christened 'The Lightnings'.
8/1/1920Kirloskar, monthly magzine, was published.
10/28/1998The 1997 B.C. Roy National Award was presented to 18 medical experts.