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Historical Event on 1/15/1784

Sir William Jones, Judge and linguist, and Sir Warren Hastings established the Asiatic Society of Bengal at Calcutta. This was the first scholastic institution.

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4/17/1990Gas explodes on passenger train in Kumrahar, India killing 80 people.
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12/17/1991Narasimhan committee on Monetary Reforms recommends that there should not be any further nationalisation of banks. Loan-melas assailed.
12/31/1966Bishen Singh Bedi made his Test Cricket debut vs West Indies at Calcutta.
3/25/1911L. D. Swamikannu publishes ""Manual of Indian Chronology"" in Bombay.
10/10/1844Badruddin Taibjee, lawyer and leader, was born.
9/26/1999Atal Behari Vajpayee, Prime Minister, dispatched a team of experts to Karnataka and Tamil Nadu to assess the water storage position.
3/8/1948Air India International was established for overseas services.
9/25/1997BAI-IBC dispute resolved.
9/29/1999Jaswant Singh, External Affairs Minister, meet his Pakistani counterpart Sartaj Aziz meet at the SAARC ministerial meeting.