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Historical Event on 12/16/1515
Affonso de Albuquerque, who is regarded as the real founder of Portuguese power in India, died at the age of 73 years.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/28/1977 | Sumitranandan Pant, famous Hindi poet and literaeur, died. |
| 3/20/1937 | England beat Scotland at Murrayfield for the first time for Soccer's Calcutta Cup, International Championship and Triple Crown, UK. |
| 10/1/1992 | Broadcasting of Zee TV started. |
| 8/7/1934 | Gandhi begins a fast for penance following the violent treatment of a Hindu leader by some of his followers. |
| 10/10/1970 | Union Government ruled out judicial probe into the death of the late PM Lal Bahadur Shastri. |
| 11/24/1989 | Tendulkar scores a record cricket test 50 aged 16 years 214 days. |
| 1/26/1915 | Rani Gaidinliu, freedom fighter, social reformer and political leader, was born at Nungkao village, Manipur State. |
| 9/9/1898 | Explosive Department of India was established at Nagpur. This is presently under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India. |
| 9/9/1898 | Firuz Shah Tughluq, the third emperor of Delhi, died at the age of 83. |
| 9/12/1899 | T. N. Swaminathan Pillai, master of Karnataka Classical Music, was born. |
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