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Historical Event on 1/10/1997

The second leg of the Indian Satellite circuit held in Ahmedabad.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/5/1909Dwijhans Kalika Prasad Dixit, great poet and educationist, was born at Gram Dedani in Uttar Pradesh.
8/21/1978Vinoo Mankad, cricketer, died. He played 44 tests for India and had 2109 runs and took 162 wickets.
6/13/1995India and France sign Bilateral Investment Protection pact.
1/25/1957Kashmir becomes Indian state.
7/28/1972India and Pakistan sign Simla Pact, settling border dispute in Kashmir.
12/11/1938Mahavir Prasad Dwivedi, famous Hindi litterateur and editor, passed away.
5/23/1914The British India Steamship Co. and the Peninsular and Oriental Steamship Co. announced their amalgamation at London.
11/14/1681East India Company declared Bengal as a seperate presidency.
11/14/1681Queen 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.
10/12/1999Sachidanand Sakshi, former BJP MP, joined SP.