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Historical Event on 6/24/1763
Murshidabad was captured by the East India Company under Major Adams for the second time, and Mir Jaffar was declared the King.
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| 2/12/2000 | Ashok Shandilya wins the men's title in the National Billiards championship in Bangalore. |
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| 12/9/1946 | Akbar won the war near Ahmedabad and captured Gujrat. |
| 12/14/1979 | Nirode Ranjan Chowdhury, cricketer, two Tests for India and bowling average of 205, died. |
| 4/11/2000 | Ms. Jhumpa Lahiri, an author of Indian origin, wins the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for her debut collection of short stories 'Interpreter of Maladies'. |
| 8/15/1947 | Hindu-Muslim association in Calcutta. |
| 9/29/1988 | 1988 Nobel Peace Prize for U.N. Peace-Keeping Forces. |
| 10/13/1998 | India, Mauritius sign an agreement on civil aviation in New Delhi in the presence of its two Prime Ministers. |
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