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Historical Event on 9/12/1786

Lord Cornwallis was appointed, and became Governor General of India, as well as the Commander-in-Chief Army Officer.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/30/1996Pop star Michael Jackson arrives in Bombay.
3/27/1990A 10-member Progressive Democratic Front Ministry led by Churchill Alemao sworn in Goa.
1/30/1948Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the spiritual leader of Indian independence, was shot and killed by a Hindu extremist. The 78-year-old Gandhi was shot at point-blank range as he was walking through a garden to a pergola, where he was to deliver his daily prayer meeting.
7/3/1661Portugal gives Tanger & Bombay to English King Charles II.
1/5/1968Government of India accepts the administrative reforms commission's recommendation to appoint a Lok Pal.
3/22/1902Great Britain and Persia agree to link Europe and India by telegraph.
9/26/1919Rotary Club's first Indian meeting was held.
3/9/1996Chaudhary Randhir Singh appointed Governor of Sikkim.
1/11/1613Emperor Jahangir in a proclamation permitted East India Company to establish factories in Surat. And the first British factory was established under Thomas Aldworth.
7/10/1991C. G. Pandit, famous scientist and Padmabhushan awardee, died.