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Historical Event on 12/31/1600
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.

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10/22/1796	Sawai Madhav Rao Peshwa II committed suicide by jumping from the terrace.
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6/24/1991	Pranab Mukherjee appointed Dy. Chairman of the Planning Commission.
8/6/1925	Surendra Nath Banerjee died. He was one of the founders of mordern India and proponent of autonomy within the British Commonwealth. He was President of Indian National Congress twice, in 1895 at Pune and in 1902 at Ahmedabad.
12/27/1998	Nobel laureate Prof. Amartya Sen unveils his plans to set up a charity trust with the award money for development of education and health in India and Bangladesh.
4/15/1976	India announces it will send an envoy to Peking, first time in 15 years.
4/22/1994	Chabbildas Mehta sworn in as Gujarat CM.
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1/5/1659	Aurangzeb defeated Shah Shuja in the battle of Khawan near Allahabad.
10/24/1995	Total solar eclipse seen over Rajasthan, UP, Bihar and West Bengal, while partial eclipse seen in the rest of the country.

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