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Historical Event on 3/4/1858

J. P. Walker, British Officer, along with 200 prisoners who were mainly from the Indian Sepoy Mutiny, sailed from Calcutta to start a new settlement in the Andaman Islands.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/1/1668Mumbai was handed over to East India Company by King of England.
10/3/1996National Conference swept back to power in J & K with a landslide victory.
12/15/1894Saraswatibai, famous singer and classical music expert, was born.
12/15/1894Queen 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.
3/15/1950Planning Commission Day.
8/4/1993Tarabai Bapat, daughter-in-law of revolutionary Senapati Bapat, died.
1/28/1846British forcibly separate Kashmir from the Sikhs and sell it to the Maharaja of Jammu for 1,000,000 pounds after the Battle of Allwal.
12/28/1883Under the leadership of Surendra Nath Banerji, the political group of Bengal organised National Conference as ""Bharat Sabha"".
9/4/1927World fliers reach Karachi, India.
1/1/1994This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of Family"".