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Historical Event on 1/20/1684

Treaty between Marathas and Portuguese.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/28/1972Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis died. He was the first founder of Indian statistical Institute to receive world recognition. In 1958, he started his national sample surveys. A Sample survey means assessing a situation by studying a part of it which would represent the whole, some of his proposals were included in the second five year paln. His original work made him elected as fellow of the Royal society in 1945.
1/3/1880Publication of 'Illustrated Weekly of India' started.
5/1/1972All fuel coal mines were nationalised.
12/16/1922Parvati Devi, orator, was arrested for delivering revolutionary speeches in meetings at Hapud and Merrut. She was the first Indian women to get two years long imprisionment during the freedom struggle.
7/22/1998Sahib Singh Verma, Delhi Chief Minister, and BJP vice-president K. L. Sharma are fined Rs. 100 each for riding a motorcycle without helmet in New Delhi.
5/2/1908Police in Calcutta discover a cache of explosives for use in alleged anarchist plot.
11/8/1977Bommi Narsing Reddy, famous film story writer and Dadasaheb Phalke awardee, passed away.
1/17/1997Government rules out granting dual citizenship to NRIs.
3/29/1977S. N. Mathur became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 02/05/77).
3/23/1942Japanese forces occupy Rangoon, Andaman Islands in Indian Ocean.