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Historical Event on 6/20/1756
A group of British soldiers along with Halvel were imprisoned by some rebellions in a suffocating cell that gained notoriety as the ""Black Hole of Calcutta."" Most of them died here.
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| 8/13/1795 | Ahilyabai Holkar passed away at the age of 70. |
| 2/12/1987 | Mahamayaprasad Sinha, former Chief Minister of Bihar, passed away. |
| 5/15/1989 | NAL's 0.6 m transonic wind tunnel is commissioned. Total project cost is about Rs 20 million. |
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