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Historical Event on 08/20/1597

The first ship of the Dutch East India Company returned from Far East.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/1/1847Annie Besant, famous philosopher and thesophist, was born in London.
1/14/1990India and Maldives scrap visas.
9/29/1959Arati Saha successfully swam the English Channel. She was the first Asian lady to achieve the feat.
2/22/1885Jatindra Mohan Sen Gupta, great nationalist leader, was born.
3/11/1863Maharaja Sayaji Rao III, great nationalist and social reformer, was born at Nasik.
8/6/1962Peking agrees to talks with India to settle border disputes.
2/23/1962The Cholera Research Centre was established at Calcutta (renamed as the National Institute of Cholera & Enteric Diseases in 1979).
2/28/1998The third and final phase of polling is held in 131 Lok Sabha constituencies in 10 States and one Union Territory.
4/17/1983Rohini (RS-D2), placed in orbit, was used for conducting some remote sensing technology studies using a landmark sensor payload. Launched by the second developmental launch of SLV-3.
7/9/1992The government agrees to set up a Joint Parliamentary Committee to enquire into the security scam.