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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
8/29/1975Adinath Lahiri, leading geologist, passed away.
2/20/1987Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh becomes the 23rd and 24th states of Indian Union.
3/13/1971Fifth General Election of India ends.
8/20/1885First meeting of the Indian National Congress held.
10/2/1997At least 50 Pakistan soldiers were killed and several injured in a retaliatory firing by Indian troops in Nowgam, Uri and Kupwara sectors. Firing had been intermittent along LoC.
2/15/1976The Division of Publication & Information was established in I.C.M.R. Headquarters.
4/4/1938A. M. Chakrabarty was born in Sainthia at West Bengal. He found that under the optimum conditions of time, temperature and nutrients the Hydrocarbon-eating "qualities'' of four diffrent strains of bacteria could be transferred into one. He also showed that this super-strain of bacteria reproduces itself.
7/9/1993Passport fees raised from Rs. 60 to Rs.300.
9/18/1997President K.R. Narayanan inaugurates Mammen Mappillai Hall at Kottayam, Kerala.
3/28/1917Umesh Chandra Panigrahi, great author and journalist, was born at Raruan, Orissa.