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Historical Event on 09/13/1500

Pedro Alvaris, Portugese businessman, reached Calicut and established the first European factory in India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
09/13/1500Sun City India founded by Rao in Jodhpur.
7/15/1997Mahesh Chander Mehta, Environmental activist, wins Ramon Magsaysay Award.
6/16/1997K. R. Narayanan, Vice-President, is the joint candidate of Congress(I) and United Front for Presidentship in July 14 election.
11/22/1916Shanti Ghosh, great revolutionary freedom fighter, was born at Calcutta. She was one of the accused in famous Chargaon ammunition plot and assassination of General Lemen, Inspector General of Dhaka.
10/2/2000Mukesh Kumar, India hockey player, retires from international hockey.
7/1/1929Ramchandra Ganpatrao Shinde, educationist, was born at Burhanpur, (M.P.).
3/21/1973Yashwant Ramkrishna Date, great Marathi dictionary creator, passed away.
11/7/1995India opens second consulate in UK in Glasgow (first being at Birmingham).
2/12/1995The 3-phase-budget session begins with the address of President Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma in the joint sitting of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.
6/11/1921Snehlata, social reformer and politician, was born at Mathura, U.P.