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Historical Event on 12/11/1687
Madras' first presidency chartered with a Mayor s court as a Municipal Corporation.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/5/1658 | Aurangzeb arrested Murad. |
| 8/12/1992 | 72 militants surrendered before Punjab CM Beant Singh. |
| 9/23/1983 | Supreme Court upholds execution of criminals through hanging by rope. |
| 5/13/1956 | Acharya Vinoba Bhave started the Bhoodan campaign in Tiruvellore. |
| 11/1/1858 | Her Majesty Queen Victoria was no longer amused with the Company's loss of control, and India came directly under the Crown of 'Princes, Chiefs and People of India'. Britain Government took over administrative powers from East India Company to rule India. |
| 2/11/1942 | Jamnalal Bajaj, greatest iIndustrialist, social reformer, freedom fighter and Gandhiwadi, passed away. |
| 3/13/1989 | The first straw fired thermal power plant was laid in Jakhari village of Punjab. |
| 9/4/1984 | Air Chief Marshal L. M. Katre, PVSM, AVSM and Bar, became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 01/07/1985. |
| 9/4/1984 | 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. |
| 1/29/1997 | Supreme Court rules that water is a 'mineral'. |
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