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Historical Event on 1/20/1817
Ram Mohun Roy started Hindu College in Calcutta with the help of Justice H. East David Hare. This college was later renamed as the Presidency College.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/20/1999 | P.G.S. Mony, Indian scientist, is honoured by the French Government. |
| 3/8/1921 | Sahir Ludhiyanvi, famous film lyricist, was born. |
| 5/3/1896 | Vengalil Krishnan Krishna Menon, great nationalist, lawyer, freedom fighter, barrister and member of the Rajya Sabha, was born at Panniyankara in Calicut, Kerala. |
| 10/3/1831 | Britishers captured Mysore. |
| 7/12/1864 | Vishvanath Kashinath Rajwade, great Historian, was born. |
| 6/1/1933 | Fortnightly 'Bal Sanmitra' was published. |
| 4/16/1974 | Dr. Sarvapalli Radhanakrishnan, former President of India, Philosophist and litterateur, passed away. |
| 12/11/1780 | Goddard General, Bassein fort was captured near Bombay. |
| 9/8/1947 | There was little time to celebrate independence in India and Pakistan as large parts of the dominions were paralyzed with fear. Mobs ran wild as Muslims and Hindus battled to death and turned streets into rivers of blood. |
| 12/22/1966 | U.S. announces allocation of 900,000 tons of grain to fight famine in India. |
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