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Historical Event on 12/6/1732
Warren Hastings, the first Governor-General of East India Company in India, was born in Churchill village of Oxfordshire in UK.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/18/1998 | India may take the US to WTO. |
| 9/10/1943 | Satyendra Chandra Bardhan, Vakkom Abdul Khader, Fouja Singh, Boniface Pereira and Anandan were hanged on charges of conspiracy to ""wage war against the King"" under the Ememy Agents Ordinance (which was given retrospective effect) at Madras Jail. They sang Vande Mataram and shouted ""Bharat Mata Ki Jai"" when they were being hanged. |
| 9/9/2000 | Venus Williams wins the women's singles in the U.S. Open championship. |
| 10/24/1995 | A total eclipse of the sun witnessed from India to Vietnam. |
| 2/7/1931 | Shila Kaul, the chief minister of New Delhi, was born. |
| 10/28/1997 | Govt. extends ceasefire in Nagaland by 3 months from October 31. |
| 8/3/1890 | Sriprakash, freedom fighter, prolific writer and member of the AICC, was born at Varanasi. |
| 8/2/1877 | Pandit Ravishankar Shukla, former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, lawyer, politician and social worker, was born in Sagar, M.P. |
| 1/1/1918 | Sir Edwin Lutyens was knighted in recognition of his quality of work at Delhi and his gratuitious services to the War Graves Commission. |
| 5/22/1917 | Suniti Chaudhary, revolutionary freedom fighter, was born at Kumilla. She was one of the accused in the famous Chargaon ammunition plot and assassination of General Lemen, Inspector General of Dhaka. |
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