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Historical Event on 3/13/1878
The Vernacular Press Act was passed which subsequently made the Amrita Bazar Patrika of Calcutta an English newspaper.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/27/1998 | The Centre announces a hefty hike in the pay scales of university and college teachers. |
| 9/21/2000 | J.W. Singh, suspended Mumbai High Court judge facing charges of extortion in nexus with the underworld, dismissed from judicial service. |
| 10/1/1995 | Hastimal Firodia, astrologer and industrialist, died. |
| 9/10/1872 | Sir Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji ""Ranji"", Maharaj Jamsaheb of Nawanagar and noted cricketer, was born in village Sarodar near Jamnagar, Kathiawad. He was referred as ""The prince of a little state, but the king of a great game"". He also played for Sussex. |
| 6/24/1986 | Government announced that unmarried mothers under its employment would also get maternity leave. |
| 6/24/1986 | Vasco De Gama, Portuguese navigator who discovered India, died in Cochin. |
| 5/26/1739 | Afghanistan was separated from the Indian empire as a result of a treaty signed between Mughal Emperor Muhammad Shah and Nadir Shah. |
| 5/26/1739 | Babur reached to his capital Agra after winning Bengal. |
| 10/9/1968 | Olympic Games open in Mexico City. |
| 1/29/1912 | Judge A.N. Ray, Chief Justice and Supreme Court of India, was born. |
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