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Historical Event on 04/07/1541

Father Francis Xavier, Spanish founder of the Jesuits, 35, and three friends set sail from Lisbon, Portugal for Goa. They became the first Roman Catholic missionaries to travel to India.

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5/6/1922Chhatrapati Rajarshi Shahu, great revolutionary, freedom fighter and social reformer of Kolhapur, passed away at Bombay. He was 48.
3/20/1782Colonel James Tod, author and researcher of Rajput history, was born.
1/8/2000Abhin Shyam Gupta and B.R. Meenakshi win the NSCI Grand Prix all India badminton tournament in Mumbai.
9/6/1903Russia increases import duties on Indian and Ceylon tea in retaliation for British import policies in Moscow.
6/1/1945Tata Fundamental Research Institute was established.
10/10/1998Justice Dr. Adarsh Sein Anand was appointed as the Chief Justice of India.
1/11/2000Mrs. Anju, wife of Shoaib Ilyasi of 'India's Most Wanted' famed serial, dies under mysterious circumstances.
3/27/1989Delhi beat Bengal by an innings and 210 to win the Ranji Trophy.
5/2/1953Declaration by the PM that India was opposed to joining any power-block in the event of another war.
12/1/1993World AIDS day.