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Historical Event on 5/7/1849

Bethune College of Calcutta was established in the upper class families and it was started for female education.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/17/1698Aurangzeb fell to Jinjee fort, seat of Maratha power, after eight-year siege.
7/14/1854Mahendranath Gupt, follower of Ramkrishna Paramahans, was born.
11/21/1991An Inter Governmental Coference on Youth Tourism, held for first time, was hosted by the Government of India under the aegis of the World Tourism Organisation. (18-11-91).
12/7/1979Ramandeep Singh Gill, Soccer(Football) player, was born in Oslo, Norway.
3/4/1858J. P. Walker, British Officer, along with 200 prisoners who were mainly from the Indian Sepoy Mutiny, sailed from Calcutta to start a new settlement in the Andaman Islands.
1/1/1999This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of Elderly"".
4/26/1945Virinchirpuram Krishnamurthi Ramaswamy, cricketer (Indian Test umpire stood in 1996 World Cup), was born in Madras.
2/12/1993Kapil Dev crosses 400 wickets and 5000 runs in test cricket.
11/11/1924SunderLal Munnalal Patwa was born in Kukdeshwar, Distt. Neemuch (Madhya Pradesh).
9/10/1923Sukumar Roy, famous Bengali child litterateur, passed away.