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Historical Event on 1/30/1785

Sir Charles Metkaff, governor general of East India Company, was born.

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5/3/1764Mir Kasim, with the backing of Delhi Emperor, attacked on Patna but this weak Emperor was defeated by Britishers. Britishers became the rulers of Bengal, the richest province of India.
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7/8/1958Lord Canning declared that since peace was established, it is better known as end of Indian Mutiny, 1857.