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Historical Event on 6/17/1756

Nawab Sira-ud-Daulah attacked on Calcutta with 50,000 soldiers and captured it on June 21.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/2/1993Prices of iron and steel hiked.
5/1/1940Marathi magzine `Digdarshan' was published.
2/23/1952Employees Provident Fund Bill and Miscellaneous Provision Act passed in the Lok Sabha.
6/27/1922Vaidyalingam Akhiladam Perunglur, Gyanpeeth awardee and famous Tamil author, was born.
5/8/1963Centenary of Indian Red Cross was celebrated. Today is birthday of its founder.
12/22/1994Sunil Gavaskar takes oath of office as the Sheriff of Bombay.
12/4/1997Lok Sabha was dissolved with immediate effect and new House was to be constituted by March 15 next.
1/10/199324th International Film Festival of India opens in New Delhi.
7/26/1874Rajarshi Shahu Chhatrapati, great revolutionary freedom fighter and social reformer, was born.
6/11/1930A cyclonic storm blew a train off the rails near Himmatnagar, Gujarat, killing at least one person and injuring many more.