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Historical Event on 8/2/1763
British troops once again defeated Mir Kasim in 'Giriya' battle.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/11/1926 | Kamala Kant Pandey was born at Varanasi. He was the first Indian agriculture graduate to win the London Exhibition Scholarship. He was elected fellow of the Linnean Society of London in 1966. In 1975, he made the discovery of a ""revolutionary technique in plant breeding |
| 8/27/1870 | Sharmajivi Sangha was established in Calcutta by Sashipada Banerji. |
| 5/8/1992 | Gul Mahomed, cricketer (8 Tests for India & one for Pakistan), passed away. |
| 7/1/1961 | Kalpana Chawla, the first Indian women astronaut (STS 87), was born in Karnal. |
| 1/23/1993 | British PM John Major arrives in India on an official visit. |
| 3/25/1911 | L. D. Swamikannu publishes ""Manual of Indian Chronology"" in Bombay. |
| 10/21/1995 | Suresh Mehta, Finance Minister in the outgoing Keshubhai Patel ministry, sworn in as the second BJP CM of Gujarat in Gandhinagar, ending the month-long political turmoil. |
| 9/19/1997 | India wins the Sahara Cup by winning the third match too. |
| 5/18/1945 | Bhagwat Subramaniam Chandrasekhar, cricketer (brilliant Indian leggie 1964-79), was born in Banglore. He received Arjun Award and Padmashree awards in 1972. |
| 11/20/1993 | RBI clears two more private banks: The Times Bank Ltd. and the Indus Ind Bank Ltd. |
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