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Historical Event on 07/08/1497

Vasco De Gama departed with his fleet from Lisbon Harbour for a trip to India .

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/23/1964Samrendranath Roy, great statistician, passed away.
7/12/1909Vimal Rai, film producer and director, was born.
7/20/1955Suez Canal nationalised by Gamal Abdul Nassar.
2/1/1901Six language penel were started on the Rs. five dinomination. These notes were single sided and the back side could be used for accounting purposes. The six languages were Urdu, Bengali, Telugu, Kaithi, Kannada and Tamil. The paper used for printing was white hand made and moulded.
4/18/1959Premier Chou En-lai insists Tibetan Dalai Lama was abducted to India.
7/23/1904The Great Indian Peninsula Railway started First Class restaurant cars on its mail trains.
5/3/1969Shri Varahagiri Venkatagiri (1884-1980) became the acting President of India.
6/21/1862Ganendra Mohan Tagore was the first Indian to get the Barrister-at-Law Degree after passing the examination from Lincoln Inn University.
6/23/1661Princess 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.
4/13/1796The first elephant was brought to America from Bengal, India.