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Historical Event on 6/17/1756
Nawab Sira-ud-Daulah attacked on Calcutta with 50,000 soldiers and captured it on June 21.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/27/1760 | Mir Zafar was deposed and his son-in-law Mir Kasim became the Nawab of Bengal. He ruled till July 7, 1763. |
| 3/25/1958 | Yograjsingh Bhagsingh Bhundel, cricketer (Indian pace bowler early 80's), was born in Chandigarh. |
| 3/4/1990 | V. P. Singh resigns as party president, but asked to continue. |
| 12/11/1967 | 6.5 earthquake in West India, 170 killed. |
| 2/22/1905 | Purushotamsing Bajaj, industrialist and social worker, was born at Shikarpur (Sind). |
| 12/22/1998 | Janata Dal's S. Jaipal Reddy selected for the ''best parliamentarian award'' for 1998. |
| 11/6/1951 | Judge M. Patanjali Sastri became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 03/01/1954. |
| 10/22/1680 | Rana Rajsingh, king of Mewad, died. |
| 4/16/1974 | Dr. Sarvapalli Radhanakrishnan, former President of India, Philosophist and litterateur, passed away. |
| 11/19/2000 | The Government announces a partial rollback in the price of kerosene by Re. 1 a litre and LPG by Rs. 10 a cylinder in deference to the demands by allies led by the Trinamool Congress. |
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