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Historical Event on 4/5/1614

Indian princess Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/19/1857The trial on Raja Nahar Singh, who was arrested and then was prisioned at Metcalfe House, began on Saturday at 1100 hrs at Delhi.
3/23/1913Indian Muslim Conference passes resolution demanding immediate self-government.
5/2/1922Kedarnath Modi, great Industrialist in Maharashtra, was born.
7/28/1924Many deaths were reported and several villages were destroyed due to floods in the south.
1/29/1780Hicky's Bengal Gazette, the first news paper in India, was published in English in Calcutta .
10/13/1781A treaty was singed between the Britishers and ruler of Gwalior, Scindia.
3/1/1909First Indian Iron Company 'Tata Iron and Steel' established.
4/18/1918Amboo alias Lalita Pawar was born in Indore. She will be always remembered as the a leading film actress and character artist. Her first film was 'Ganimi Kawa' (1928). Some of the other films of silent era are Shri Balaji, Bhimsen, Champion of the Sward, Chatur Sunderi, Goodbye Marriage, Flaming Soul, Kailash.
9/12/1995Heavy rainfall in the Himalaya region, resulting in landslide, claimed 70 lives near Kullu.
2/6/1932Dorabji Jamshetji Tata, great industrialist, passed away.