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Historical Event on 1/2/1754
Robert Clive again attacked and annexed Calcutta from Nawab Siraj-ud-Daulah.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
10/12/1997 | Queen Elizebeth II, accompanied by husband Duke of Edinburgh Philips, arrived in New Delhi on a week-long state visit to mark India's 50th anniversary of Independence. |
9/14/1997 | 78 persons die and around 250 are injured as four bogies of Ahmedabad-Howrah Express de-rail while crossing a bridge on Hasdeo river near Champa Railway Station in Bilaspur district, Madhya Pradesh. |
9/20/1940 | Saroj Lalwani, journalist and printing press director, was born. |
8/2/1942 | Gandhi says that the Japanese might be welcomed in India should they invade due to current Indian discontent. |
8/15/1947 | At the stroke of midnight, India is free after 163 years of British Raj. At the same time Muslims win a degree of freedom from Hindus. They have their own separate dominion Pakistan in the British Commonwealth Sect. |
7/9/1969 | Sagi Lakshmi Venkatapathy Raju, cricketer (Indian slow left-armer), was born in Hyderabad. |
12/14/1994 | 10 IAF personnel of the first batch were reinducted and the last batch left on 20th Dec 94. Cpl Nasir was left as a lying casualty due to injuries sustained in the RPG explosion. |
8/12/1922 | Chunilal Kalidas Madiya, famous Gujrati one-act player, play wright story writer and novelist, was born. |
1/1/1909 | Dattaram Dharmaji Hindlekar, cricketer (Indian batsman & wicket-keeper 1936-46), was born in Bombay. |
1/14/1760 | Eyree Coote, British Army Captain, captured and surrendered Pondicherry, capitulated French General Lally. |
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