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Historical Event on 11/10/1698

East India Company purchased Calcutta, which had not more than a village at that time.

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4/20/1971Air India started Boing 707 Jumbo Jet flight between Bombay and London.
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12/17/1959Pattabhi Sitaramayya, president of Indian National Congress and politician, died at the age of 78.
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11/12/1997India elected to executive board of UNESCO.
9/24/1998In his address to the UN General Assembly, PM Vajpayee said that India wouldl not come in the way of implementing CTBT and may sign it conditionally by September 1999.
3/16/1995K. Karunakaran resigns as CM of Kerala; Finance Minister presents Central Budget.