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Historical Event on 6/17/1756

Nawab Sira-ud-Daulah attacked on Calcutta with 50,000 soldiers and captured it on June 21.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/21/1994Outbreak of pneumonic plague in Surat, Gujarat.
4/27/1918Gandhiji attends Viceroy's War Conference at Delhi and addresses it in Hindustani; subsequently tours Kaira District to raise recruits for army.
4/2/1991Asom Gana Parishad splits.
8/15/1994At Churchgate railway station on platform No.1, noted film actor A.K. Hangal signalled the start of theatre in a train by waving a green flag.
10/20/1962The first IAFunit No. 2 squadron re-equipped with the Gnat at Ambalan and No.9 squadron soon followed suit.
3/21/1973Yashwant Ramkrishna Date, great Marathi dictionary creator, passed away.
12/15/1951Scindia's SS Jal Pushpa launched.
1/14/1994C. V. Waran, veteran freedom fighter and social worker, passed away.
3/7/1987Sunil Gavaskar becomes the first batsman to score 10,000 test runs in cricket a match against Pakistan at Ahmedabad.
10/31/1997Rushmi Chakravarthy makes it a double in the National hardcourt tennis in Mumbai.