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Historical Event on 9/29/1755
Robert Lord Clive founded the British empire in India
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/3/1991 | UP Assembly dissolved to pave way for Assembly polls . |
| 3/6/1995 | Arun Tamhankar, great journalist, died. |
| 1/1/1956 | No. 20 Squadron, Indian Air Force's first jet squadron equipped with Vampires, was formed and christened 'The Lightnings'. |
| 4/2/1870 | Poona Sarvajanik Sabha was found. 95 members from different parts of Maharashtra assembled in Pune during its founding. |
| 11/16/1913 | Agnihotri Ambadas Shankar, journalist and litterateur, was born. |
| 4/5/1940 | Charles Freer Andrews, a Christian Missionary, died in Calcutta. He is also referred as ""Deenabandhu Andrews"". |
| 7/7/1896 | The premier show of the 'Marvel of the Century', first cinema show India, arranged by the Representatives of French Lumiere brothers- Louis and August Lumiere, was held at Watson Hotel in Bombay. The regular shows, however, started from July 14, 1896 at the Novelty Theatre. This show advertisment appeared in the 'Times of India', carrying details of a film show to be held for the first time on Indian soil. |
| 11/28/1999 | Senior Awami League leader Mohammed Anwar Sheikh is killed and his wife and daughter-in-law are seriously injured in a militant attack on his house in Kashmir. |
| 7/10/1949 | Sunil Manohar Gavaskar, great Indian cricket player (opener, 10,122 Test runs), was born in Bombay. He has received Arjun Award (1975) and Padma Bhushan (1980). |
| 9/28/1984 | First floodlights lit ODI between India and Australia held outside of Australia at New Delhi. |
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