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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.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/17/1992 | Shankar Ramchandra (Mamrao Date), veteran journalist, passed away. |
| 12/14/1812 | Lord Charles Caning, Governor General and Viceroy of India (1856-1862), was born. |
| 6/24/1991 | Jayalalitha ministry sworn in in Tamil Nadu. |
| 1/5/1968 | Government of India accepts the administrative reforms commission's recommendation to appoint a Lok Pal. |
| 8/13/1911 | Guha Phulrenu, social worker, was born. |
| 7/27/1928 | Rameshwar Sahai Saxena, famous writer, lawyer and journalist, was born at Lalitpur, (UP). |
| 7/1/1989 | Yashvantrao Chavan Open University was established. |
| 5/17/1873 | Hindi daily 'Bharat Mitra' started from Calcutta. |
| 9/1/1956 | Indian state of Tripura becomes a territory. |
| 2/17/1992 | Tripura's Congress (I) ministry falls as TUJS withdraws support. |
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