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Historical Event on 1/15/1784
Sir William Jones, Judge and linguist, and Sir Warren Hastings established the Asiatic Society of Bengal at Calcutta. This was the first scholastic institution.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/29/1929 | Vyankat Chalaiyya Manipalli Narayan Chalaiyya, Chief Justice of Supreme Court, was born. |
| 4/13/1982 | Pandit Parmanand, founder member of `Gather Party', passed away. |
| 9/23/1906 | Kumar (Mijjan) alias Syed Hasan Ali, film actor, was born in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. He has worked in 'Shadows of the Dead', 'Dukhiari', 'Gambler', 'Patan ni Paniari', 'Thoure of Delhi'. |
| 1/28/1950 | Supreme Court of India was inaugurated. |
| 4/13/1984 | Kerala Government drops Silent Valley Project and declares the entire area a national park. |
| 7/22/1998 | 24-year old P T Usha won bronze medals in the 400m and 200m races and anchored the 4x100m relay team to gold and 4x400m for silver at the Asian Track and Field Championships in Fukuoka, Japan. |
| 1/8/1927 | The first scheduled London-Delhi flight arrives after 63 hrs. Air Minister Sir Samuel Hoare is on board. |
| 12/10/1870 | Jadhunath Sarkar, history researcher, was born. |
| 12/10/1936 | Duke of York succeeds King Edward as King George VI. |
| 6/9/1834 | Dr. William Carey, great writer and social worker, died. |
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