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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.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/15/1988Kiran More stumps five West Indian batsman at Chidambaram Stadium in Madras thus creating a world Test record.
11/10/1659Chhatrapati Shivaji killed Afzal Khan near Pratapgad Fort by a clever but undignified move.
10/19/2000The Government creates an electronic database of all the principal Central Acts from 1834 to 1996 of all India application.
5/18/1985Dr. P. C. Alexander appointed High Commissioner in Britain.
9/22/1970Bandopadhyay Shardendu, modern Bengali poet, died.
7/22/19961996-97 budget presented to Parliament by Finance Minister P. Chidambaram.
4/1/1957Postage stamps and sale of postal stationary was introduced as per decimal coinage system and Rupee was established to Hundred Naya Paisa.
7/9/1875The Bombay Stock Exchange, the first in India, was constructed under the shade of a large banyan tree.
9/26/1820Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (Banerji), great Indian educationist, social reformer, litterateur, father of Bengali prose and who gave the Bengalees their first Primer in 1855, was born in the village of Birsingha in Midnapore district of Bengal.
3/25/1990Lakshadweep Council elections.