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 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
