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Historical Event on 03/09/1500
Pedro Cabral departs from Pourtugol with 13 ships to India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/15/1888 | Gopal Ganesh Agarkar started daily newspaper 'Sudharak'. |
| 9/27/1972 | Shri Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan, prolific author and first librarian of the University of Madras, passed away at the age of 80 at Bangalore. |
| 2/20/1976 | Production of Crude Oil started from offshore Bombay High near Mumbai. |
| 8/10/1992 | P. P. Thorat, retired Lt and General, died. |
| 7/24/1999 | Vimala Ranadive (84), senior CPI(M) leader, died in Mumbai. |
| 7/18/1953 | Riots against increase in streetcar fares continue with demonstrators taking control of parts of Calcutta. |
| 8/16/1996 | CBI raids house of former minister Sukh Ram and finds cash and jewellery to the tune of Rs. 3 crore. |
| 1/14/1948 | First issue of Marathi daily newspaper 'Loksatta' was published. |
| 1/14/1773 | Amstored Lord William Piet, governor, was born. |
| 2/28/1930 | Sir Chandrasekhar V. Raman, Scientist, 1930 Nobel Prize in Physics for discovering ""Raman Effect"". He is also the first Indian to receive this honor in Physics, The Indian Nobel Laureates. |
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