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Historical Event on 9/24/1726

King George empowered the company to establish Municipal Corporation and Mayor s Courts in Bombay and Calcutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/8/1990Paul Mantosh and Joss Fernandes take oath as nominated Anglo-Indian members in Lok Sabha.
3/13/1947Lord Louis Mountbatten took charge as Viceroy of British India. He ruled upto 14th August, 1947.
8/4/2000Pranab Mukherjee and S. Jaipal Reddy, Congress(I) leaders, get Best Parliamentarian awards for the year 1997-98.
3/17/1955Indian Standard's Institute started working to control the quality of Indian products and the ISI mark was issued to quality products.
4/18/1991Kerala declared the first fully literate state in the country.
8/2/1781Sakharambapu Bokeel, great politician in Maratha kingdom, died.
4/14/1992The 79th Plenary session of the Indian National Congress opens in Tirupati.
5/7/1973Shivkumar Batalvi, famous Punjabi poet, died.
8/13/1995Kashmiri separatists behead a kidnapped Norwegian tourist and threatened to kill other hostages unless India freed 15 militants at Srinagar.
8/30/1993LPG, Petrol dealers get higher commission.