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Historical Event on 12/31/1600
Queen Elizabeth I granted its Royal Charter to the 218 Knights and merchants of the City of London who formed the East India Company. The venture failed to achieve its stated objectives -- it made little impression on the Dutch control of the spice trade and could not establish a lasting outpost in the East Indies.

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9/1/1956	Indian state of Tripura becomes a territory.
7/28/1924	Many deaths were reported and several villages were destroyed due to floods in the south.
4/29/1947	Abolition of ""untouchability"".
5/18/1945	Bhagwat Subramaniam Chandrasekhar, cricketer (brilliant Indian leggie 1964-79), was born in Banglore. He received Arjun Award and Padmashree awards in 1972.
5/15/1996	The 11th Lok Sabha constituted as Election Commission submits a list of 534 successful candidates to President.
2/28/1998	The third and final phase of polling is held in 131 Lok Sabha constituencies in 10 States and one Union Territory.
9/14/1893	Celebration of 'Sarvajanik Ganeshotsav' (Festival of Lord Ganesha) started.
12/15/1950	Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, first deputy Prime Minister of independent India also known as the 'Iron Man' and Bharat Ratna awardee, died.
3/1/1993	India develops Phased Array Radars critical for its ""Akash"" surface-to-air missile and launches its indigenous main battle tank 'Arjun'.
6/9/1986	ICMR set up a network of Reference/Surveillance Centres for AIDS in almost all states of India.

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