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Historical Event on 6/24/1763
Murshidabad was captured by the East India Company under Major Adams for the second time, and Mir Jaffar was declared the King.
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| 8/29/1931 | Gandhi arrives in London for second Round Table Conference on India. |
| 5/19/1992 | Arjuna award for Tennis star Leander Paes and Hockey champion Jagbir Singh. |
| 3/19/2000 | Bill Clinton, US President, arrives to a warm welcome in India. This was the first presidential visit of a US head in two decades. |
| 3/4/1919 | Jagtindar Nath Beri, physics expert, was born. |
| 2/16/1982 | Sibnath Banerjee, great social worker and leader, passed away. |
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