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Historical Event on 12/31/1706
Francois Martin, founder of Pondicherry and was its first Governor General, died. He founded Pondicherry, the future capital of French India in 1674.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
2/12/1871 | Charles Freer Andrews, great social worker, humanitarian, leader and a true friend of India, was born in New-Castle-on-Tyne in U.K. |
1/24/2000 | Supreme Court imposes, with immediate effect, a ban on industries in Delhi and Haryana from discharging untreated industrial effluents into the Yamuna. |
8/19/1887 | S. Satyamurti, freedom fighter and social worker, was born at Thirumeyyam in the former Pudukottah State. |
8/11/1961 | Dadra and Nagar Haweli declared as Union Territory States. |
6/10/1900 | Jayantnath Chaudhary, former General of Indian Army General, was born. |
1/5/1998 | 60 are killed as the Bareilly-Varanasi passenger train rammed the Kashi Viswanath Express near Hardoiin, Uttar Pradesh. |
12/10/1870 | Jadhunath Sarkar, history researcher, was born. |
11/5/1997 | Railway ministry doubles compensation amounts from Rs. 2 lakh to Rs.4 lakh to victims of railway accidents and other untoward incidents. |
10/2/1930 | Jayasinghrao Mansingrao Ghorpade, cricketer (8 Tests for India 1952-59 with little impact), was born in Panchgani, Maharashtra. |
1/20/1992 | Australia beat India 2-0 to win the World Series Cup. |
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