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Historical Event on 1/14/1761
The third and last battle of Panipat, fought between the Marathas and the Afghan invader Ahmad Shah Abadli, started. The Marathas lost 28,000 soldiers and were virtually routed in North India thus ending the Maratha hegemony.
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| 4/5/1919 | India's first modern shipping company Scindia Steam Navigation's first ship 'Liberty' started its journey. The weight of the ship was 5,940 tonnes. |
| 1/11/1958 | Two lakh Indians in East Pakistan were rounded up and lodged in concentration camps. |
| 6/11/2000 | Rajesh Pilot, Congress(I) leader and former Union Minister, died in a road accident in his home constituency, Dausa. |
| 2/5/1992 | D.D. Lapang takes over as the new CM of Meghalaya. |
| 2/5/1992 | Allauddin Masood Shah, Sultan of Dehli, was thrown off the throne. |
| 10/27/1937 | Abdul Karim Khan, famous singer of 'Kirana Gharana', died. |
| 8/15/1921 | Amrit Rai, novelist and translater, was born . |
| 4/16/1993 | The Supreme Court stays the operation of M.P. High Court's order quashing President's rule in the state. |
| 10/19/1907 | Sulochana Modi, first lady Mayor of Mumbai Mahanagar Palika, was born. |
| 7/12/1920 | Siddharthacharry V, educationist and diplomat, was born at Mysore. |
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