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Historical Event on 9/1/1668
Mumbai was handed over to East India Company by King of England.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/10/1927 | Nayantara Sahgal, famous writer and social reformer, was born. |
| 1/6/1992 | Sachin Tendulkar completes 148* vs Australia at the SCG. |
| 2/11/1996 | Wills World Cup Cricket inaugurated at Calcutta. |
| 1/1/1998 | The Election Commission announces the poll schedule for the 12th Lok Sabha. The polling will be on February 16, 22, 28 and March 7. Simultaneously, elections are to be held for the Meghalaya, Tripura, Nagaland, Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh Assemblies. |
| 5/13/1991 | P. Sudhir Kumar released in exchange for a few Naxals in jail. |
| 4/28/1945 | Ajit Manohar Pai, cricketer (one Test India v NZ 1969), was born in Bombay. |
| 6/16/1950 | Mithun Chakravorty, famous Hindi film actor, was born. |
| 2/2/1965 | Government sanction was accorded to the Officers Training School for the start of Short Service Regular Commission. |
| 11/18/1911 | Free primary school education is introduced. |
| 2/22/1948 | Jayalalitha, chief minister of Tamil Nadu, was born. |
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