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Historical Event on 8/2/1763
British troops once again defeated Mir Kasim in 'Giriya' battle.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
7/29/1891 | Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, great Indian educationist, social reformer, litterateur and Hindi writer, passed away in Calcutta. |
11/21/1994 | Dr. Malcom Adiseshiah, 84, noted economist and educationist, died. |
8/26/1927 | Second Radio Centre was started in Calcutta. |
7/6/1939 | Manmohan Sood, cricketer (scored 0 & 3 in his only Test for India), was born in Lahore. |
2/28/1963 | Dr. Rajendra Prasad, the first President of India, passed away at Sadaqat Ashram, Patna. |
11/22/1915 | Mohandas Gandhi returns to India. |
6/11/1964 | Dr. Jayant Narlikar, great mathematician of India, submitted his thesis to Royal Society of London. |
5/17/1887 | Ranglal Bandopadhyay, Bengali poet, essay-writer and journalist, passed away. |
3/22/2000 | India's first third generation satellite 'Insat-3B' put in orbit by Europe's latest Ariane-5 rocket from Kourou in French Guyana. |
8/7/1991 | India successfully launches Prithvi-III, surface-to-air missile from Sriharikota. |
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