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Historical Event on 6/17/1756

Nawab Sira-ud-Daulah attacked on Calcutta with 50,000 soldiers and captured it on June 21.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/2/1757Nawab Siraj-ud-Daula was captured and assassinated. He was stabbed with a knife by Muhammad Beg at the instance of Miran, son of Mir Zafar.
9/15/1999Palvai Purushottam, the sitting Sirpur MLA and TDP candidate, shot dead.
1/4/1881Publication of newspaper 'Kesri' started.
9/1/1947Indian Standard Time was adopted.
7/8/1996U.N. says India is leading in HIV infections.
8/8/1911Following the end of a heavy monsoon, parts of India were hit by a cholera epidemic.
3/3/1700Chhatrapati Rajaram Maharaj died of lung infection due to smallpox at Sinhagad fort.
9/18/1909Kilachand Ramdas, famous merchant, was born.
11/24/1988Mizoram became the first Lok Sabha member.
7/5/1916Indian Women's University was established at Hingne near Poona by Dr. Dhondo Keshav Karve with just four students. After 1920, it was renamed as Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey Indian Women's University.