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Historical Event on 3/1/1908

Tata Iron & Steel Company was the first steel company to be established in India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/11/1991Over 106.6 million voters go to the second phase of national polls.
5/20/1878Krishnashastri Chiplunkar, Marathi novelist and omnicent, passed away.
10/20/1999The Centre accepts the recommendations of the Backward Classes Commission on the inclusion of Jats and other backward classes (OBCs) in Rajasthan except Bharatpur and Dholpur districts.
4/6/1966Mihir Sen, first Indian swimmer to achieve many remarkable feats, swam across the 'Palk Strait' measuring 22 kms between India & Sri Lanka (Cylone).
11/29/1953Benegal Narsing Rau, foremost Indian Jurist of his time, passed away at Zurich. He performed some very prominent duties towards the nation. He was Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir and a judge at the Permanent Court of International Justice at Hague.
3/17/1782Salby Teaty was singed between Anderson (British) and Scindia for the Maratha and East India Company.
9/12/1686Aurangzeb ended Adilshah's kingdom. The garrison lost heart and surrendered Sikandar who was sent to the state prison at Daulatabad. Bijapur was invested and the city opened its gates to the Mughals. Bijapur as an independent kingdom ceased to exist.
9/11/1987Mahadevi Verma, Gyanpith award winner and one of the greatest luminaries of modern Hindi literature, passed away.
2/15/1901Muddan, famous Kannad poet and author, passed away.
6/10/1984Top army commander killed in Bihar; Sikh troops desert unit.