On this day:
1782: British-French sea battle at Negapatam, off India
1964: Malawi gains its independence from Britain
1892: Dadabhai Naoroji elected as first Indian Member of Parliament in Britain
2006: The Nathula Pass between India and China re-opens for trade after 44 years after the Sino-Indian war
Born on this day:
1907: Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter
Gone on this day:
1893: Guy de Maupassant, French writer
2002: Dhirubhai Ambani, Indian businessman (b. 1932) of stroke
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