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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
5/31/1947Gandhiji declares that peace must precede partition, and he would not be party to India's vivisection.
3/24/1974Lokprabha weekly started its publication.
12/14/1812Lord Charles Caning, Governor General and Viceroy of India (1856-1862), was born.
6/1/1993Speaker disqualifies four Ajit group MPs.
6/21/1862Ganendra Mohan Tagore was the first Indian to get the Barrister-at-Law Degree after passing the examination from Lincoln Inn University.
6/20/1939Ramakant Bhikaji Desai, cricketer (effective pace bowler for India in the 60s), was born in Bombay.
4/1/1979Central Institute of Fisheries Education came under the Administrative Control of Indian Council of Agricultural Research.
3/18/1992Shreyanprasad Jain, famous philanthropist and industrialist, passed away.
9/2/1984Thousands of Sikhs rally at Golden Temple to protest govt. occupation in Amritsar.
9/2/1984Saint Narhari Sonar, a poet-saint of the Varkari smanaj and goldsmith (sonar) from Maharashtra had taken Samadhi. His transition from a staunch Shaiva to a Vithoba-worshipping Varkari, after a miracle that makes him realize that Vithoba and Shiva are one and the same.