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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 |
| 6/30/1817 | Dadabhai Navroji, veteran leader and industrialist, died. |
| 1/19/1855 | G. Subramaniam Iyer, active worker of Indian National Congress since its establishment, was born. |
| 1/10/1920 | India became member of League of Nations. |
| 12/28/2000 | The Kanchi Acharya presents the Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati national eminence awards to former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao, Smt. M.S. Subbulakshmi (in absentia), scientist Ramnarayan Agarwal and pravachan artist Rameshbhai Ojha. |
| 5/11/1999 | Supreme Court confirms the death sentence on four of the 26 accused in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, reduces to life imprisonment the sentence on three others and acquits the remaining 19. |
| 10/12/1995 | Inderjit Gupta re-elected General Secretary of CPI. |
| 4/9/1936 | SikhdevSingh RattanSingh Dhindsa was born in Ubhawal village, Distt. Sangrur (Punjab). |
| 7/29/1979 | Choudhary Charan Singh was sworn in as the fifth Prime Minister of India heading the Janata (S)-Congress coalition. He held this office till January 14, 1980. Jagjivan Ram became the leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha. |
| 1/8/1941 | Swami Pranabananda Maharaj, father of Bharat Sevashram Sangha, passed away. |
| 7/4/1997 | Mumbai High Court directs BMC to reinstate G.R. Khairnar, the iconoclastic Dy. Municipal Commissioner suspended in `94 and removed from service in October 1996. |
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