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Historical Event on 9/24/1726
King George empowered the company to establish Municipal Corporation and Mayor s Courts in Bombay and Calcutta.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/28/1827 | A few mountain battery trains flourished and kept the Indian component alive as part of the Royal artillery. Recently, it has been established that 8 Company Bombay Artillery survived axing and is now 5 (Bombay) Mountain Battery. This day is now celebrated as the Raising Day of the Regiment of Artillery. |
| 10/6/1858 | Nanasaheb Peshwa, a revolutionary of first mutiny, died. |
| 8/9/1942 | The Congress at its Bombay session passed the famous Quit India resolution, calling for mass struggle on non-violent lines on the widest possible scale, under the leadership of Gandhiji. He stressed that ""We shall either free India or die in the attempt; We shall not live to see the perpetuation of our slavery""; popularly known as ""Do or Die"". But before the Congress could start the movement, the government arrested all the major leaders and the Congress was declared illegal. Spontaneous popular revolts broke out with the battle cry of 'British Quit India'. |
| 1/10/1980 | President Neelam Sanjiva Reddy invited Indira Gandhi to form Government. |
| 12/25/1936 | Ismail Merchant, producer (Householder), was born in Bombay, India. |
| 3/7/1994 | India and Iran sign three MoU in Tehran. |
| 10/14/1996 | Sukh Ram granted bail. |
| 6/29/1908 | Pratapsing Gaekwad, Prince of Baroda, was born. |
| 5/15/1958 | Gift Tax Act was introduced. |
| 2/22/1948 | Jayalalitha, chief minister of Tamil Nadu, was born. |
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