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Historical Event on 12/11/1687
Madras' first presidency chartered with a Mayor s court as a Municipal Corporation.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/28/2000 | The Supreme Court orders notice to the former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Ms. Jayalalitha, on a special leave petition filed by the State Government against the Madras High Court judgment upholding the trial court's order discharging her in the ""coal import case"". |
| 3/18/1953 | Backward Classes Commission inaugurated. |
| 8/8/1905 | Dhyanchand, great Hockey player, was born. |
| 8/8/1905 | Vasco De Gama departed with his fleet from Lisbon Harbour for a trip to India . |
| 1/16/1999 | Ritwick Bhattacharya (Delhi) and Mekhala Subedar (Maharashtra) won the men's and women's titles in the National squash championship in Calcutta. |
| 11/20/1999 | Melody queen Lata Mangeshkar, senior journalist `Cho' Ramaswamy, eminent jurist Fali S. Nariman and veteran RSS leader Nanaji Deshmukh nominated to the Rajya Sabha. |
| 3/22/1957 | National Calander based on Saka Samvat was adopted. As per this calander, the date of adoption was "Chaitra first, 1879 Saka along with Gregorian. |
| 6/10/1833 | Azad Muhammad Jussain, Urdu poet and educationalist, was born. |
| 9/17/1937 | Sitakant Mahapatra, 1933 Gyanpeeth awardee and famous Orria poet, was born. |
| 1/31/1958 | First Earth Satellite Explorer I was launched from Cape Kennedy. |
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