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Historical Event on 12/22/1510

Affonso de Albuquerque wrote, ""My determination now is to prevent any Moor entering Goa, to leave a sufficient force of men and ships in the place, then with another fleet visit the Red sea and Ormu

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5/1/1948Baroda State merged into Bombay Province.
2/25/1903Judge Kailas Nath Wanchoo, chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born.
8/7/1982Krishnakanta Radhakant Handique, linguist, educationist, Sanskrit scholar, principal of J.B. College and Padma Bhushan awardee, passed away. He also authored the learned works 'Naisadhacarita', 'Yasastilaka and Indian Culture' etc. His original treatise written in Sanskrit by Somaveda in the 10th century is an encyclopedic work dealing with Jainism and Indian thoughts and culture.
8/7/1982Vasco De Gama departed with his fleet from Lisbon Harbour for a trip to India .
2/1/1930A bomb, believed to be planted by Indian nationalists, is found at the British Museum at London.
8/8/1949India concludes a treaty with Bhutan.
4/18/2000The Board of Control for Cricket in India adopts a six-point code of conduct for the players.
1/21/1981Bishnu Ram Medhi, chief minister of Assam and Governor of Madras, passed away.
2/7/1985Uday Merchant, cricketer (brother of Vijay, prolific scorer), passed away.
5/31/1997Fourth National Games opened at Bangalore.