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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 |
| 9/16/1913 | Kasturba Gandhi was arrested. |
| 1/4/1994 | Rahul Dev Burman, famous music director better known as 'Pancham Da', died at the age of 56. |
| 2/16/1997 | Tribal militants kill 21 persons in Tripura. |
| 3/26/1969 | Romesh Chandra, secretary general of the World Peace Council, receives the Lenin prize |
| 2/18/1665 | The Portuguese handover Mumbai island to England. |
| 6/29/2000 | The Election Commission derecognises seven regional parties in some states -- Samata Party in Haryana, Shiv Sena in Dadra and Nagar Haveli and the RJD in Manipur, NTR-Telugu Desam Party in Andhra Pradesh, the Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) in Chandigarh, the United Minority Front in Assam and the Haryana Vikas Party in Haryana-- These will remain registered but unrecognised parties. |
| 1/24/1857 | Calcutta University established. |
| 10/25/1971 | National Science and Technology Committee established. |
| 1/6/1948 | Security Council takes up India's complaint charging Pakistan with aggression in Kashmir. |
| 6/27/1939 | Rahul Dev (R. D.) Burman ""Pancham Da"", famous music director, was born. |
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