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Historical Event on 6/20/1756

A group of British soldiers along with Halvel were imprisoned by some rebellions in a suffocating cell that gained notoriety as the ""Black Hole of Calcutta."" Most of them died here.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/21/1911Umashankar Jethalal Joshi, famous Gujarati poet, Hindi writer and educationist, was born at Bamna in Gujarat.
11/5/1956University Grants Commission Act sets up UGC.
9/26/1919Rotary Club's first Indian meeting was held.
11/12/1996Over 350 people die in mid-air collision in Bhiwani district, Haryana.
4/18/1904Ramnath Goenka, president and founder of Indian Express Group, was born.
10/1/1997Bus with 70 people fell into a stream near Cuddappah.
2/1/1942Lt Col HT Hogan raised the Regiment at Malir Cantonment.
3/15/1996Kashmiri militants and Central govt. hold talks on ending violence and to initiate the democratic process in J&K.
11/24/1992Milan Kumar Banerjee appointed Attorney General.
4/11/1999The DRDO has successfully flight tested AGNI-11 with a range of 2000 km, using solid propellant rocket motors in both stages and rail mobile launcher system from its new launch complex in the Orissa Coast. With this launch the country has reached the point of operationalisation of AGNI-11 as a weapon system. (1-1-2000).