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Historical Event on 09/13/1500

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

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12/31/196199 Infantry Brigade Group, under Brigadier K S Raja, launched operations in Katanga province and regained full control of Katanga amidst stiff resistance offered by a break away faction (Katangese gendarmerie).
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4/3/1988Rajiv Gandhi seals the border between Punjab and Pakistan.
4/3/1996Union Ministers P. Chidambaram and M. Arunachalam resign over the issue of revival of alliance between Cong (I) and AIADMK.
11/20/1969Gundappa Viswanath scores 137 on Test Cricket debut vs Australia in Kanpur.
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