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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 |
| 03/09/1500 | Admiral Dom Vasco-da-Gama (c.1469-1524)-I, Count of Vidigueira, met the Jamerin of Calicut after arriving in India three days ago at Malabar Coast. He was joined by an experienced Gujarati pilot at Malindi. He was the 6th Governor and 2nd Viceroy of India. |
| 5/17/1991 | Prabhakar Machve, great litterateur, passed away. |
| 3/6/1928 | Nilkanth Ramanbhai Mahipatrao, famous Gujrati litterateur, critic, dramatist and social reformer, died. |
| 3/22/1991 | Chautala sworn in as Haryana CM. |
| 9/7/1998 | Prof. K. M. Chandy, Congress (I) leader and former Governor of Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh, died in Kochi at the age of 77. |
| 8/28/1976 | Second World Hindi Conference held in Mauritius. |
| 8/8/1912 | Prabhulal Bhatnagar, mathematician and Padmabhushan awardee, was born. |
| 6/13/1932 | Nirmalchandra Sen, great revolutionary, died. |
| 10/30/1947 | The first Spitfires from the Advanced Flying School at Ambala reached Srinagar and were soon engaged in strafing the raiders beyond Pattan. Within a week, the Tempests of No. 7 Squadron were playing a decisive role in the battle of Shelatang which halted the forward momentum of the insurgents. |
| 6/29/1993 | 24 jawans were killed in ambush by NSCN militants in Manipur. |
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