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Historical Event on 6/23/1757

The Battle of Plassey started between Robert Clive, incharge of British army, and Nawab of Bengal, Siraj -Ud -Daula. In this battle Robert Clive won control of Bengal.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/14/1923Narayan Ganesh Chandavarkar, one of the founder members of Indian Congress and social reformer, passed away.
3/19/1962Raja Kelkar Museum, which belonged to Dinkar Gangadhar Kelkar, was opened for the people.
6/13/1943Netaji Subhashchandra Bose started his journey from Germany to Tokyo by a submarine.
1/25/2000The Government awards Padma Vibhushan to R.K. Narayan, Dr.M.S. Gill; Padma Bhushan for Rajnikant and Padmashri for A.R. Rehman.
3/17/1992Suburban rail fare increase cut; 20\% hike in first class, second class A/C sleeper and chair car reduced to 15\%.
3/25/193150 killed in riots in India; Gandhi assaulted.
5/11/1626Malik Ambar of Ahmednagar's Nijamshahi kingdom, passed away.
4/9/1986First University in India devoted to hygiene established at Vijaywada.
7/1/1965Meerut University was established.
8/15/1997K. R. Narayanan, President, posthumously confers nation's highest peace-time gallantry award 'Ashok Chakra' to second Lieutenant Puneet Dutta.