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Historical Event on 10/11/1737
A violent earthquake and cyclone hit Calcutta which claimed 3,00,000 lives.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/24/1903 | Hemchandra Bandopadhyay, famous Bengali poet, passed away. |
| 6/17/1824 | Bureau of Indian Affairs established. |
| 4/11/1997 | 10-month-old Deve Gowde govt. at the centre voted out of power. 292 voting against the motion of confidence in Lok Sabha, 158 for it, 6 abstaining. |
| 1/1/1879 | Edward M Forster, English novelist (Howards End, Passage to India), was born. |
| 5/4/1992 | India and Russia sign a five-year agreement on trade and economic cooperation. |
| 11/25/1866 | Allahabad court was established for Uttar Pradesh territory, it sat in Agra with five Judges between 1866 and 1868. It also has a bench in Lucknow. |
| 9/24/1995 | Kanpur University renamed as Chhatrapati Shahu University. |
| 2/12/1997 | Parkash Singh Badal, President, Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal), sworn in as the Chief Minister of Punjab for third time. |
| 2/3/1994 | Akash' missile launched successfully. |
| 4/18/1971 | Gavaskar makes 220 in second innings vs West Indies after 124 in first. |
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