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Historical Event on 1/15/1784

Sir William Jones, Judge and linguist, and Sir Warren Hastings established the Asiatic Society of Bengal at Calcutta. This was the first scholastic institution.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/29/1953Dattatreya Balkrishna Kalelkar ""Kaka Saheb"" was appointed as the Chairman of the Backward Classes Commission.
11/10/1990Two Burmese youth hijack a Thai Airlines Airbus with 221 passengers on board to Calcutta.
10/26/1950Mother Teresa founded Mission of Charity in Calcutta, India.
12/25/1995First major multi-organ transplant in the country performed in Apollo Hospital in Madras.
10/23/1959Chinese military confrontation with India in Aksai Chin killed 17 Indian soldiers in a clash on the Kashmir border.
6/15/1982Supreme Court rules that all children, regardless of citizenship, are entitled to public education.
5/23/1965Venkat Woorkeri Raman, cricketer (Indian slow left-arm all-rounder), was born.
4/11/1937Ramnath Krishnan, well known Indian Tennis player, was born.
9/12/1905Anglo-Japanese treaty provides for Japan to help safeguard India at London.
10/6/1927The first independent film processing laboratory, Atmanand Laboratory, was set up by Narayanrao alias Dhanjibhai K. Desai at Bombay.