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Historical Event on 8/1/1672

The East India Company and the English law was for the first time intorduced in India. It was set up as directed by the Court of Judicature.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/13/1964Utpal Chatterjee, cricketer (Bengal slow left-arm bowler), was born in Calcutta.
6/26/1992The Tin Bigha corridor leased to Bangladesh as per the Indo-Bangladesh agreement.
1/6/1987An International Conference to commemorate the 75 anniversary of the African National Congress opens in New Delhi.
2/12/1995Maramon Centenary Convention, (the biggest Christian gathering in Asia) begins in Kerala.
5/15/1878Sivnath Shastri and Ananda Mohan Bose, under the leadership of the younger group of Brahmo Sama, rebelled and started Sadharan Brahmo Samaj.
10/5/1676East India company got authority from the King of England to mint Indian currencies 'Rupee and Paise' coins in Bombay.
10/19/1967Dr. C. V. Raman elucidated his new theory on wave motion in respect to vision and dim light.
2/19/1994Chambal dacoit Phoolan Devi, the Bandit Queen, was freed on parole after 11 years of incarceration.
10/24/1890Shishirkumar Mitra, Physics expert, was born in Calcutta.
10/14/1998Prof. Amartya Sen (Indian Nobel Laureates), the economist-philosopher, awarded the Nobel Prize in economics for his contribution to welfare economics.