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Historical Event on 1/7/1685

Gerard George Clifford, Dutch director of East India Company, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/31/1958First Earth Satellite Explorer I was launched from Cape Kennedy.
5/5/1903Former minister William Petty declares Persian Gulf a part of British dominion in India.
10/2/1954Chandernagar, former under French possession, was made a part of West Bengal.
8/13/1997The contentious women's reservation bill put on the back burner with PM Gujral saying govt. would not push through such a major social legislation until there was a consensus on it.
3/25/1987Marxist-led alliance gets majority in Kerala and West Bengal elections .
5/28/1963Estimated 22,000 die in another cyclone in Bay of Bengal (India).
6/14/1929Jatindra Nath Das was arrested in Calcutta.
10/1/1919Gajanan Digambar Madgulkar, famous Marathi poet and screenplay writer, was born.
7/31/1993Zafar Saifullah was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-07-1994.
8/3/1898Udayshankar Bhatt, modern Hindi dramatist, poet and novelist, was born.