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Historical Event on 3/1/1909

First Indian Iron Company 'Tata Iron and Steel' established.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/4/1854The first stamp was officially issued from Calcutta where the first modern post office was established.
10/24/1991Ismat Chugtai, famous Urdu author, social worker and campaigner for justice for women, died at the age of 80 years.
2/15/1993India regains ""Rubber"" after 6 years by beating England by an innings and 70 runs at Madras.
10/28/1996Press Council of India to set up a 5-member committee headed by Chairman P.B. Sawant to inquire into the attack on journalists outside the New Delhi residence of Kanshi Ram.
12/23/1920King George V signs Home Rule Act.
5/27/1930India's major cities are seething with unrest following the arrest of Mahatma Gandhi and thousands of his followers in the campaign of civil disobedience against British rule. Civil unrest in Bombay, where at least six were killed and sixty injured.
12/5/1991The government reduces visa fees for tourists intending to visit India.
12/20/1876Bankinchrandra Chattopadhyay wrote ""Vande Mataram"".
3/29/1857Sepoy Mangal Pandey shot the first bullet of 1857 Indian mutiny in the barracks of Barrackpur near Calcutta against British Empire. This was the starting of the mutiny.
5/9/1998Playback singer Talat Mehmood, 75, passed away in Mumbai.