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Historical Event on 6/20/1756
A group of British soldiers along with Halvel were imprisoned by some rebellions in a suffocating cell that gained notoriety as the ""Black Hole of Calcutta."" Most of them died here.
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| 6/22/1955 | Sadashiv Garpatrao Shinde, cricketer (12 wkts in 7 Tests for India), died at the age of 31. |
| 1/10/1959 | Martin Luther King, the US Black leader, arrived in New Delhi. |
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| 11/2/2000 | John Wright is appointed India coach by the BCCI. |
| 9/21/1898 | Tushar Kanti Ghosh, famous journalist, was born. |
| 11/30/1982 | World premier of Sir Richard Attenborough's 'Gandhi' held in New Delhi. |
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