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Historical Event on 1/10/1693
Job Charnock, founder of Calcutta, died in the same city and he was laid to rest.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/4/1829 | Britain abolished ""sati"" in India (widow burning herself to death on her husband's funeral pyre) |
| 5/22/1991 | Sonia unanimously elected Congress President by the Working Committee. She, however, declined the offer. |
| 4/16/1903 | Kalka-Simla Railway line section was opened for public conveyance. |
| 4/16/1903 | Akbar won the war near Ahmedabad and captured Gujrat. |
| 3/14/1990 | Akash' missile tested successfully. |
| 5/23/1984 | Bachendri Pal, an employee of Tata Iron and Steel Co. Limited at Jamshedpur, conquers the summit of Mount Everest to become the first Indian woman and the fifth women in the world to achieve this feat. |
| 8/23/1995 | First ever cellular phone service begins in Calcutta. |
| 2/3/2000 | Dr. Bimal Jalan, RBI Governor, unveils a seven-point agenda for banking sector reforms. |
| 12/21/1881 | Pundit Sunder Lal Sharma, freedom fighter and social reformer, was born at Rajim, M.P. |
| 11/12/1896 | Salim Moizuddin Abdul Ali, explorer, ecologist, teacher, writer and bird watcher, was born. |
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