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Historical Event on 4/6/1664
Abraham Shipmen died without taking charge of Bombay Islands from Portuguese.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/31/2000 | Chhattisgarh, the 26th State of Indian Union, comes into existence with the swearing in of its Governor Dinesh Nandan Sahay and Chief Minister Ajit Jogi at a glittering function at Raipur. |
| 12/31/1996 | Gold import policy liberalised. |
| 7/18/1908 | Fourteen thousand mill workers go on strike at Bombay. |
| 1/8/1884 | Keshav Chunder Sen, nationalist leader of Bengal, social worker and good orator of Brahma Samaj, passed away at his home in Lily Cottage, Calcutta. He was one of the first Indians to sow the seeds of secularism in our country. He strongly believed that education was the basic necessity to change the society. |
| 3/1/1993 | Narayan Ganesh Goray passed away (1-5-98). |
| 8/19/1910 | Sister Alphonsa, teacher and social worker, was born at Kudamaloor, Kerala. |
| 9/27/2000 | Venus Williams of USA claims the women's gold in the tennis event in the Sydney Olympics. |
| 12/26/1914 | Dr. Shushila Nair, social reformer, was born in village Kunjah, district Gunjra, Punjab (now Pakistan). She dedicated her life to serve Gandhiji and Gandhi Ashram and also performed the duties of Indian citizen by taking active participation in freedom movement. |
| 11/9/1909 | The Times reports failure of Gandhi Government negotiations on Transvaal laws. |
| 8/9/1952 | New Delhi reports that 20 mil. Indian peasants were imperiled by crop failures. |
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