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Historical Event on 6/13/1731

Swedish East India Company was formed. For 15 years King Fredrick of Sweden gave the Company a charter.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/19/1901Raj Chandra Bose, Indian mathematician and statistician, was born at Hosangabad in Madhya Pradesh. He made many valuable contributions to the subject. He discovered new codes for telecommunication. In 1976, America's highest honour to a scientist came to Bose as he was elected Fellow of the US Academy of Sciences.
3/18/1990Devi Lal, Deputy PM, withdraws his resignation.
3/18/1990Portuguese Catholics conquer Goa under Albuquerque, the then Governor, to serve as capital of their Asian maritime empire beginning conquest and exploitation of India by Europeans.
6/17/1917Krishan Kumar Chopra, medical practitioner and social worker, was born at Lahore.
4/4/1858Rani Laxmibai fled to Gwalior through Kalpi after giving a solid blow to British troops.
5/8/1990Paul Mantosh and Joss Fernandes take oath as nominated Anglo-Indian members in Lok Sabha.
7/22/1978Indira Gandhi charged with criminal misconduct during 1977 campaign.
4/6/1966Mihir Sen, first Indian swimmer to achieve many remarkable feats, swam across the 'Palk Strait' measuring 22 kms between India & Sri Lanka (Cylone).
8/8/1946India agrees to give Bhutan 32 miles.
3/5/1995India and China agree to open two new border points including Nathu La (Sikkim) to facilitate meetings between their military personnel.