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Historical Event on 1/14/1760
Eyree Coote, British Army Captain, captured and surrendered Pondicherry, capitulated French General Lally.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/22/1901 | Queen Victoria (1819-1901) passed away at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, South England, after a brief illness. She had been throned for almost 64 years, which is the longest reign in British history. She had given her name to an age ""Victorian Britain"". |
| 4/5/1848 | Satara kingdom came to end. |
| 8/29/1984 | Indian Airlines Boeing 737 with 68 passengers and a crew of 6 hijacked in Lahore. |
| 9/29/1993 | JD, JD(A) and SJP merge to fight BJP in the assembly elections. |
| 3/10/2000 | Nirmal Verma, distinguished Hindi writer, and eminent Punjabi novelist Gurchal Singh selected jointly for the 35th Jnanpith Award for 1999. |
| 2/13/1713 | Farrukh Siyar becomes Emperor of India after capturing Red Fort. |
| 8/17/1998 | The Government issues a notification banning the use of quinacrine, a controversial female contraceptive and sterilization agent. |
| 2/1/1835 | East India company obtained Darjeeling from the King of Sikkim. |
| 7/16/1956 | K. L. Pawar, who guided students for the written examinations, was born. |
| 1/7/1994 | Malhotra Committee recommends privatisation and foreign participation of LIC and GIC. |
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