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Historical Event on 1/9/1664

Shivaji started Surat campaign and left the city after plundering the place.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/29/1997P. Chidambaram, Finance Minister, says Indian rupee will be made fully and freely convertible by year 2000.
3/10/1995Ashok Padbidri, famous journalist and editor, died.
1/29/1953Dattatreya Balkrishna Kalelkar ""Kaka Saheb"" was appointed as the Chairman of the Backward Classes Commission.
6/6/2000Abhijit Kunte wins the National `A' chess championship at Mumbai.
4/16/1959Raurkela Iron Project's first furnace started functioning.
3/11/1999Indian Davis Cup player and Asian Games gold medallist Gaurav Natekar announced in Mumbai his retirement from competitive tennis.
10/6/1927The first independent film processing laboratory, Atmanand Laboratory, was set up by Narayanrao alias Dhanjibhai K. Desai at Bombay.
5/4/1854The first stamp was officially issued from Calcutta where the first modern post office was established.
1/25/1971Himachal Pradesh becomes a full-fledged 18th Indian Union state.
1/20/1996The Indian Army conducted United Nation Peacekeeping Keeping Operations in New Delhi from 20 to 26 Jan 1996, wherein delegates from UN HQ and 17 foreign countries of the Asia-Pacific region participated. The Under Secretary General, Mr Kofi Annan, was the chief guest.