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Historical Event on 8/29/1612

Battle at Surat in India; English fleet beats Portuguese.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/3/1765Clive became Governor of Bengal for second time from England after he returned to Calcutta.
11/12/1958Satyajit Ray gets the award for best direction at the San Francisco International Film Festival.
12/12/1961Portuguese civilians are evacuated amid fears of an Indian troop invasion at Goa, Daman and Diu.
11/8/1927Lal Krishna Adwani was born in Karachi (now in Pakistan).
2/15/1951Stephen H. Smith, father and pioneer of Indian Aero Philately or air borne mail, passed away.
2/15/1951Mughal army defeated Rana Pratapsingh in the battle of Haldighat.
9/22/1970Bandopadhyay Shardendu, modern Bengali poet, died.
9/6/1903Russia increases import duties on Indian and Ceylon tea in retaliation for British import policies in Moscow.
1/6/1818Dominion of Holkar in India are annexed with Rajput states and come under the British protection.
6/18/1658Aurangzeb managed to capture the Agra Fort and later arrested his father Emperor Shahjahan.