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Historical Event on 09/13/1500

Pedro Alvaris, Portugese businessman, reached Calicut and established the first European factory in India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/5/1995Jitendra Prasad succeeds N.D. Tiwari as UPCC-I chief.
9/14/1997Fire and explosions devastate terminals and storage tanks at Visakh Refinery of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation. Toll put at 51.
7/3/1948H. M. S. Auchils was taken over by Indian Navy.
1/24/1937Gandhi announces that he will retire from politics.
10/24/1992Narmada, World Bank sets time to correct defects.
10/1/1847Annie Besant, famous philosopher and thesophist, was born in London.
7/30/1997Madras High Court restrains, by an interim injunction, the foreign universities/institutions having offices in India from awarding or conferring any degree on Indian students.
9/12/1627Ibrahim Adilshah died.
6/23/1997Acharya Tulsi, the founder of Terapanthi sector in Jainism, died. (20-10-98).
9/18/1927Maharashtra Chamber of Commerce was established.