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Historical Event on 6/23/1757

The Battle of Plassey started between Robert Clive, incharge of British army, and Nawab of Bengal, Siraj -Ud -Daula. In this battle Robert Clive won control of Bengal.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/6/1982Devraj Ars, former Chief Minister of Karnataka, passed away.
2/12/2000Ashok Shandilya wins the men's title in the National Billiards championship in Bangalore.
1/20/1949Junagarh formally merged with Saurashtra.
10/25/1983Technical Cell constituteded with a view to promote the use of official language Hindi on mechanical or electronic devices.
3/5/1993The government de-reserves the mining industry throwing it open to private sector as well as to foreign investment.
11/21/1971Rebellion in East Pakistan (formerly Bengal). Ten million Bengalis flee to India. Indo-Pak border clashes escalate to war. India defeats West Pakistan. E. Pakistan becomes independent Bangladesh.
4/15/1950Acharya Vinoba Bhave requested to the villagers of Panchampalli Telangana, Andhra Pradesh to give 80 acres of land, and with this he had started his 'Bhudan Andolan'.
2/1/1967Victor Paramjyoti, famous Indian music director, composer and critic, passed away.
10/16/1952Pakistan's first Test vs India starts at Delhi.
7/18/1980Second Experimental launch of Space Launch Vehicle -3 (SLV-3) by Indian made 35 kilogram Rohini satellite (RS-1) successfully placed in orbit. It was used for measuring in-flight performance of second experimental launch of SLV-3. The launch took from Sriharikota and India became the sixth nation to put a satellite into orbit.