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Historical Event on 02/25/1510
Portuguese Catholics conquer Goa under Albuquerque, the then Governor, to serve as capital of their Asian maritime empire beginning conquest and exploitation of India by Europeans.
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| 9/7/1997 | Banned Maoist Communist Centre guns down at least 30 CPI (M) liberation activists, including district committee members and workers, at Ankendar village, 40 km from the district headquarters of Chatra in Bihar. |
| 10/15/2000 | Sachin Tendulkar becomes the highest run-getter in one-day internationals (9379 runs) during his innings of 69 in the final of the ICC cricket tournament against New Zealand |
| 3/8/1998 | Indian Airlines operates two international flights with all women crew. |
| 1/15/1977 | Rashid Ahmed Siddiqui, modern Urdu writer, passed away. |
| 1/7/1994 | Malhotra Committee recommends privatisation and foreign participation of LIC and GIC. |
| 2/3/1954 | Over 350 Hindus trampled to death in a stampede at religious rites at New Delhi. |
| 4/25/1955 | Syed Mohammad Zamin Ali, great educationist, poet, editor, writer, professor and founder-member of the Hindustani Academy, passed away. |
| 10/5/1957 | Nehru becomes the first recipient of the key of Hiroshima Peace City. |
| 11/21/1992 | 27 killed in a bomb blast engineered by Bodo extremists in a bus in Assam. |
| 2/1/1881 | Cambridge Missionaries founded St. Stephen's College in Delhi. |
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