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Historical Event on 10/11/1737

A violent earthquake and cyclone hit Calcutta which claimed 3,00,000 lives.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/12/1993National Environment Council with PM as chairperson set up.
12/25/1999An Indian Airlines aircraft with 187 passengers on board is hijacked. The plane was going from Katmandu to New Delhi. It lands near Abu Dhabi after several hops.
10/5/1868Laxmi Narayan Barua, Assamia novelist, was born.
9/14/1967US announces plan to give India $1.3 million to buy contraceptives.
6/28/1921Sahityaratna P. V. Narsingh Rao, former Prime Minister of India, was born.
3/13/1963Indian Govenment announced 'Arjun Awards' to boost the morale of various sports personalities.
11/19/1998Shruti Khanna won her Maiden title on Indian soil in the Northern India Ladies Championship at the Delhi Golf Course.
6/5/1961Ramesh Krishnan, Indian tennis star, was born. He was also the winner of Junior Wimbledon 1979.
4/7/1929England's Imperial Airways had extended its flight to London-Karachi instead of London-Kahira. It was the first commercial air service in undivided India.
2/22/1997Jockey Mark Gallagher shot at and injured in Bangalore.