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Historical Event on 10/2/1845

First Shipping Company of India started.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/5/1995Jalal Aga, famous comedian and character artist, passed away.
3/16/1946Alladiya Khan, famous singer of Kolhapur Darbar, passed away.
3/8/1957Balasaheb Gangadhar Kher, prominent leader in Maharashtra and former Chief Minister of Mumbai province, passed away.
3/13/1989The first straw fired thermal power plant was laid in Jakhari village of Punjab.
8/14/1998The Government transferred Revenue Secretary N. K. Singh and Finance Secretary Montek Singh Ahluwalia.
3/3/1839Jamshedji Nasarvanji Tata, famous industrialist and father of modern technology, was born at Navsari near Surat, Gujarat. He started cotton mills in Bombay and Nagpur and founded the Tata Iron and Steel Company, which is one of the largest integrated steel mills in the world.
6/19/1947Salman Rushdie, English writer, was born in Bombay.
1/5/1952U.S. signs five-year accord to give India $ 50 mil. for economic development in New Delhi.
6/29/1992Congress (I) nominates K. R. Narayanan for the Vice-Presidentship.
2/15/1865Kishorilal Goswami, Hindi novelist, was born.