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Historical Event on 2/13/1601

John Lancaster leads 1st East India Company voyage from London.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/13/1791Lord Cornwallis retreated back to Madras after the battle of Arikera.
3/19/1999Salgaocar emerged National Football League champions in Calcutta with a match to spare.
6/11/1996Narasimha Rao's name figures in fresh FIR on bribing JMM MPs case.
1/6/1942Four of the flight's six aircraft were promptly lost to Japanese bombing and No. 4 Flight gave place in Moulmein to No. 3 Flight which had meanwhile re-equipped with four ex-RAF Blenheim ls. B-314 completed first commercial flight around the world.
10/14/1994Setu Madhavrao Pagdi, researcher and historian, died.
10/16/1992Capt. P. K. Sahgal of Azad Hind Fauz died. During the trial at the Red Fort, he said, "Beacuse I wanted freedom for my motherland , I was ready to shed my blood for it." (15-5-97
12/12/1930Babu Genu sacrificed his life to stage the boycott of foreign goods.
4/2/1933Sir Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji ""Ranji"", Maharaj, jamsaheb of Nawanagar and noted cricketer, passed away. He was referred as ""The prince of a little state, but the King of a great game"". He scored 989 Test runs with a 1st-class avg. 56.
11/26/1949Constitution of India was adopted
2/20/1968First Edition of 'Amrit Bazar Patrika' weekly was published in Bengali language.