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Historical Event on 1/14/1760
Eyree Coote, British Army Captain, captured and surrendered Pondicherry, capitulated French General Lally.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/18/2000 | Ram Vilas Paswan, Union Communications Minister, announces relief for phone users. New links to cost Rs. 2,000 in urban areas and Rs. 500 in rural areas. |
| 11/9/2000 | The 17-day old Manohar Parrikar led BJP Government in Goa wins the trust vote. |
| 11/9/2000 | The first ship of the Dutch East India Company returned from Far East. |
| 12/20/1988 | The Constitution (62nd Amendment) Bill for reducing the voting age from 21 to 18 years receives Parliamentary approval. |
| 8/20/1828 | Brahmo Samaj, the first movement to initiate religio-social reforms, was founded by Ram Mohun Roy (1772-1833) in Calcutta. Influenced by Islam and Christianity, Roy denounced polytheism, idol worship, repudiated the Vedas, avataras, karma and reincarnation, caste and more. The first session of Adi Brahmo Samaj was held in the rented house by Kamal Bose of Chitpore Road in Jorasanko area in Calcutta. |
| 4/26/1841 | Bombay Gazette begins publishing on silk. |
| 9/15/1876 | Sarat Chandra Chatterji, famous Bengali novelist and writer, was born at Debanandapur in Hoogly district. |
| 12/17/1933 | Lala Amarnath scores a century (118) in his Test Cricket debut. |
| 5/1/1960 | Old Bombay province was divided between Maharashtra and Gujrat States. |
| 3/12/1992 | India and the US decide to hold joint naval exercises in the Indian ocean. |
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