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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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4/8/1759British troops chase French out of Masulipatam, India.
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6/29/1991A 32-member Left Front cabinet led by Jyoti Basu sworn in in West Bengal.
2/18/2000Pandit Ravi Shankar is selected for this year's Subbarami Reddy Kalapeetham Foundation Award, a life-time achievement award, for his contribution to Indian music.
1/5/2000Tamil Nadu regains Subbiah Pillai Trophy one day cricket tournament.
4/9/1965After Indo-Pak conflict of 1965, the Raksha Medal, Samar Seva Star and some others were introduced.
12/8/1996Sachin Tendulkar became the youngest cricketer to make 3000 runs in test cricket (at the age of 23 yrs and 228 days.)
3/19/1954The first helicopter S-55 arrived at Bombay by sea.
11/27/1976Gajanan Tryambak Madkholkar, famous journalist, novelist and critic, passed away.