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Historical Event on 3/20/1602

United East India Company of the Netherlands i.e. Dutch East India Company was chartered by States-General of Holland. During its 96-year history, it became one of the world's most powerful companies.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/22/1931Gandhi meets Charlie Chaplin in London.
10/1/1854Postal stamp introduced in India. These lithographed stamps were of denominations of half anna and one anna. These stamps bore the Head of Queen Victoria with India at top and value at bottom. The half anna stamp was printed between May 5 to July 29 and printing of one anna stamp commenced on July 26.
4/19/1998Kottayam in Kerala becomes the first district in India to complete computerisation of the talluk offices connecting them with the district headquarters.
12/16/1999India agrees to Financial System Stability Assessment (FSSA) by the IMF.
4/28/1952The war between Japan and India ended.
10/2/1930Jayasinghrao Mansingrao Ghorpade, cricketer (8 Tests for India 1952-59 with little impact), was born in Panchgani, Maharashtra.
11/9/1913Weekly 'Pratap' was published from Kanpur which was edited by Ganesh Shankar Vidyrarthi.
1/27/1948Gandhiji visits Mehrauli Muslim Fair.
4/2/1992Agajan Baig (Aga), famous Hindi film actor, passed away.
5/16/1932Hundreds die in fighting between Muslims and Hindus at Bombay.