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Historical Event on 11/10/1698
East India Company purchased Calcutta, which had not more than a village at that time.
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| 3/16/1912 | Gandhiji commends Gokhale's attempts for abolition of indenture system. |
| 2/1/1988 | The first Congress of the Indian Dental Association begins. (28-1-88). |
| 3/11/1689 | Sambhaji, Shivaji's successor, who was captured at Sangameshwar, was assasinated in the prison of Aurangzeb by Mughal officer Muqurab Khan. |
| 1/29/1780 | Hicky's Bengal Gazette, the first news paper in India, was published in English in Calcutta . |
| 12/19/1969 | Nayan Ramlal Mongia, cricketer (Indian Test batsman-wicketkeeper 1994- ), was born in Baroda. |
| 8/19/1999 | India's role in ASEAN, ARF is lauded at a colloquium in Singapore. |
| 8/19/1999 | Acharya Surdasji, famous poet in Hindi and great devotee of Lord Krishna, was born. |
| 3/8/1921 | Sahir Ludhiyanvi, famous film lyricist, was born. |
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