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Historical Event on 1/11/1613

Emperor Jahangir in a proclamation permitted East India Company to establish factories in Surat. And the first British factory was established under Thomas Aldworth.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/7/1928Vijay Tendulkar, famous playwright and novelist, was born.
6/2/2000Justice A. M. Ahmadi, former Chief Justice of India, appointed Chairman of the Advisory Committee of the Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award.
8/6/1933Kripal Singh Govindsingh, Amritsar, India, 100* on debut v NZ 1959, was born at Madras.
1/14/1994C. V. Waran, veteran freedom fighter and social worker, passed away.
2/28/1997The samadhi of Morarji Desai - Abhay Ghat - near Sabarmati Ashram, Ahmedabad to be converted to a national monument, this was decided on Feburary 11.
8/4/1979Indian Airlines AVRO-748 crashes in to a hill near Bombay.
2/24/1995A full Bench comprising Chief Justice M.M. Pareed Pillai, TV Ramakrishna and P. Shanmugam of the Kerala High Court quashed the words ""incestuous adultery"", ""adultery coupled with cruelty"" and ""adultery coupled with desertion"" contained in Section 10 of Indian (Christian) Divorce Act.
6/24/1990President R. Venkataraman issues notification formally constituting an Inter-State Council.
5/2/1930Riots break out in Amritsar.
3/22/1949SSC Examination system started.