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Historical Event on 12/31/1706
Francois Martin, founder of Pondicherry and was its first Governor General, died. He founded Pondicherry, the future capital of French India in 1674.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/26/1997 | Government decides to allow the use of environment-friendly LPG as a motor vehicle fuel. |
| 10/2/1979 | Operation (Milk) Flood-II launched. |
| 2/16/1997 | Ramakrishna Hegde launches a new national political party, Lok Shakti. |
| 5/21/1992 | Manohar J.Pherwani, 58, Chairman of the National Housing Bank, died. |
| 3/7/1974 | T. T. Krishnamachari, former Finance Minister, passed away. |
| 8/13/1960 | Marmik' weekly magzine published. |
| 10/15/1961 | Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala', famous Hindi poet, writer, editor, social worker and litterateur, died in Allahabad. |
| 11/28/1956 | Chou En- lai, Chinese Prime Minister, came to India. |
| 3/12/1988 | After 58 years in the commemoration of Dandi March, Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi performed the 32 kms Dandi March from Sabarmati Ashram. |
| 10/21/1887 | Dr. Sri Krishna Sinha, great politician, revolutionist leader and chief minister, was born at Khanwa. |
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