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Historical Event on 1/11/1613

Emperor Jahangir in a proclamation permitted East India Company to establish factories in Surat. And the first British factory was established under Thomas Aldworth.

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5/10/1917Ramanand Maru Amin, great novelist, was born in Baloor, Mangalore.
12/10/1999Dara Singh, the prime accused in the killing of Australian missionary, again gives a slip to police.
3/13/1938Hitler merged Austria in Germany.
10/6/1999INLD-BJP combine wins by big margin in Haryana.
8/8/1967Central government, for the first time since independence, suffered a token defeat in the Lok Sabha.
4/2/1679Aurangzeb reimposed Jizya Tax to finance the spread of Islam on the Hindus.This Jeziya tax was abolished by Akbar.
8/16/1933Mahatma Gandhi goes on fast for being denied to continue the anti-untouchability propaganda.
4/20/1965First Indian team led by M. S. Kohli ascends the Everest.
3/8/1673Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj conquered the fort of Panhala.
10/16/1983Harish Chandra, great Indian scientist, died. His work in a narrow branch of modern mathematics led to its developement to such an extent that it drew the attention of mathematicians all over the world.