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Historical Event on 7/3/1661

Portugal gives Tanger & Bombay to English King Charles II.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/15/1621Jahangir captured Kakda Fort.
12/4/1829Britain abolished ""sati"" in India (widow burning herself to death on her husband's funeral pyre)
5/17/1974Durgadas, famous Indian journalist, passed away.
2/18/1918Gopal Krishna Adig, modern Kannad poet, was born.
11/13/1909Gandhiji left England for South Africa and wrote ''Hind Swaraj'' on board S.S. Kildonan Castle.
5/17/1997Two workers belonging to Mamsapuram near Srivilliputtur ''burnt alive'' at neighbouring Edayankulam by its residents who took them hostage.
6/19/1747Nadirshaha passed away.
8/6/1920Film Censor Board at Bombay started working. The first film censored and granted a Censor Certificate No. 1 was a short film of 600 ft., produced by Gaumont Company and it was titled as 'Gaumont Graphic No. 963-964'. The Regional Film Censor Boards were also set-up in Calcutta, Madras and Rangoon.
10/9/1946Jinnah's 9-point demands conveyed to Congress.
9/16/2000In an important pronouncement, the Rajasthan High Court declares Jains as a religious minority community and allows teaching institutions set up by them to enjoy minority status under Articles 29 and 30 of the Constitution.