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Historical Event on 1/11/1613

Emperor Jahangir in a proclamation permitted East India Company to establish factories in Surat. And the first British factory was established under Thomas Aldworth.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/16/2000P. Moses, Indian High Commission Staff member, badly beaten up and abducted by Pakistani intelligence operators in Islamabad.
9/25/1985Akali Dal wins Punjab state elections.
6/30/1928Kalyanji, famous music director, was born.
2/22/1997India, Turkmenistan and Iran sign transit agreement.
3/11/1990Darbarsingh, former Chief Minister of Punjab, passed away.
7/1/1879Post Card of one paisa was started in India by the Post and Telegraph Department.
7/1/1879Mahmud Gawan was appointed as Prime Minister, an office which he held till his execution.
4/16/1848Kandukuri Veeresalingam, Telegu author and social reformer, was born in Andhra Pradesh.
4/7/1929England's Imperial Airways had extended its flight to London-Karachi instead of London-Kahira. It was the first commercial air service in undivided India.
10/10/1991Anantrao Laxmanrao Kulmarni, editor of monthly magzine 'Sajjangad' and weekly 'Samarth', died.