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Historical Event on 1/22/1760
In the battle at Wandiwash (India), after their victory against the French, the British virtually had no European opponent left in India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/10/1890 | Sunday introduced as a weekly holiday. |
| 11/14/1993 | Dr. Manibhai Desai, great Gandhian and social worker, passed away. |
| 4/15/1874 | Tryambak Sitaram Karkhanis, founder of `Maharashtra Natak Mandali', was born. |
| 12/11/1999 | Leander Paes capped a brilliant year with his successive Challenger title, this time in Jaipur, beating Barry Cowan in the final. |
| 8/2/1922 | Gangaprasad Birla, great industrialist, was born. |
| 8/2/1922 | Buhlul Khan Lodi, an Afghan of Lodi tribe, marched down upon Delhi. |
| 8/2/1922 | Saint Gora Kumbhar, an intense devotee of the deity Vitthal at Pandharpur, took Samadhi in Ter village in Osmanabad Zilla, near Latur. |
| 9/6/1947 | Indian government creates a new ministry of relief and rehabilitation of refugees. |
| 9/4/1929 | N. Hanumantha Rao, cricket test umpire for 9 tests from 1978-84, was born in Karnataka. |
| 12/30/1946 | Jawaharlal Nehru calls on Gandhiji, who says, ""My reason wholly supports my heart"". |
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