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Historical Event on 6/23/1661

Princess Catherine of Portugal wed King of England Charles II. Portugal gave island of Mumbai to England as present. The British got Bombay as dowry from Portugal.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/3/1916Smt. Nathibai Damodar Thakarsey Women's University was established.
3/9/199314 bus passengers burnt to death in Andhra .
8/7/1986Lok Sabha passes Constitution 53rd Amendment bill conferring statehood on Mizoram.
9/2/1956Collapse of a RR bridge under a train kills 120 (India).
3/1/1914Minto Gilbert Jhon Alieat, former viceroy of India, passed away.
3/11/1992Dr. Anita B. Bose-Pfaff, daughter of Netaji, declines to accept the 'Bharat Ratna' conferred on her father.
11/22/1997Yasser Arafat, President, Palestinian National Authority, laid the foundation stone for Indo-Arab cultural centre at Hyderabad.
10/9/1976International Dialing Telephone Service started between Mumbai and London.
9/26/1998Sachin Tendulkar make a record 127 runs against Zimbabwe at Calcutta.
11/15/1991Insurance official Dr. S.L. Khosa freed in Kashmir in exchange for a militant.