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Historical Event on 9/1/1668

Mumbai was handed over to East India Company by King of England.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/16/1995K. Karunakaran resigns as CM of Kerala; Finance Minister presents Central Budget.
2/1/1990Governors named for 14 states.
12/19/19842,500 killed in Bhopal gas tragedy.
9/17/1876Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay was born in Debanandpur village.
7/21/1962Passenger Train and Freight Train collided near Dumraon killing 69 persons.
8/7/1906First Tricoloured National Flag consisting of Green, Yellow and Red, with eight Lotuses on the top, second strip carrying ""Vande Matara"" in Devnagri and the third strip having Sun and Cresent Moon, was hoisted at Green Park in Calcutta by Surendranath Banerjee.
9/24/1922Jugal Mondal, social worker and politician, was born at Howrah.
4/6/1919Mahatma Gandhi declared an All India Strike against the Rollatt Act .This was the first strike.
9/12/1686Aurangzeb ended Adilshah's kingdom. The garrison lost heart and surrendered Sikandar who was sent to the state prison at Daulatabad. Bijapur was invested and the city opened its gates to the Mughals. Bijapur as an independent kingdom ceased to exist.
4/26/1945Virinchirpuram Krishnamurthi Ramaswamy, cricketer (Indian Test umpire stood in 1996 World Cup), was born in Madras.