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Historical Event on 10/24/1579

Jesuit father and first Englishman S.J.Thomas Stephens arrived at Goa in a Portuguese ship. He settled here and died in 1619.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/11/1818Britishers captured the 'Ajinkyatara' fort which belonged to the Marathas.
6/19/1990NDC approves approach paper to the Eighth Plan.
9/18/1967English was adopted the official language of Nagaland .
2/25/1992Beant Singh sworn in as CM of Punjab.
5/11/1985Fifteen hundred people were arrested in Sikh violence.
6/7/1979Bhaskara-I, first experimental satellite for Earth resources/meteorology remote sensing and the Second Satellite of India, launched. This satellite carried TV and microwave cameras. It was launched by Russian launch vehicle 'Intercosmos'.
10/10/1964Olympics opened at Tokyo
8/19/1944The last Japanese troops driven out of India.
3/19/1998BJP-led coalition government is sworn in. Atal Behari Vajpayee became the second time Prime Minister of India.
10/22/1912Gandhiji accompanied Gokhale on tour of South Africa, Laurenco Marques, Mozambique and Zanzibar. He gave up European dress and milk and restricted himself to diet of fresh and dried fruits.