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Historical Event on 7/20/1654
Portugal was taken over by Britishers.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/26/1979 | Charan Singh launches a new party called the Lok Dal. |
| 5/13/1962 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1884-1963) |
| 1/17/1997 | Government rules out granting dual citizenship to NRIs. |
| 7/18/1857 | The Calcutta, Mumbai and Madras Universities were established. |
| 12/31/1706 | Francois Martin, founder of Pondicherry and was its first Governor General, died. He founded Pondicherry, the future capital of French India in 1674. |
| 8/30/1989 | Anti-government riots leave at least 11 dead. |
| 6/8/1999 | ATP announced Paes-Bhupathi as No. 1 ranked doubles team. In individual doubles ranking, Bhupathi and Paes were No. 1 and 2 respectively. |
| 3/5/1989 | Bhagwat Jha Azad, Bihar CM, resigns. |
| 8/30/2000 | A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, announced a package for small units raising the ceiling on loans from Rs. 10 lakhs to Rs. 25 lakhs. For the handloom sector, a separate scheme costing Rs. 447 crores was also finalised. |
| 4/30/1843 | Ramchandra Bhikaji Gunjikar, marathi novelist and editor, was born. |
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