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Historical Event on 8/17/1761
William Carey, the first English missionary to India, was born. He taught at the newly founded Fort William College at Calcutta from 1801 till his death and helped found the Serampore Press, which made the Bible accessible to over 300 million people.

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8/17/1761	Origin of Fasli Era (India).
11/30/1998	Ghasiram Yadav (74), member of Parliament representing Alawar in Rajasthan and former MLA and Minister in the State, died in Jaipur.
1/9/1997	John Major, British Prime Minister, addresses plenary session of the 'Partnership Summit' organised in Calcutta by the Confederation of Indian Industry.
6/26/1983	Five hundred killed or missing as monsoon floods hit the Indian state of Gujarat.
9/6/1975	Dularelal Bhargav, veteran writer, passed away. He was associated with 'Chand' and 'Madhuri' magazines.
10/3/1996	National Conference swept back to power in J & K with a landslide victory.
5/12/1666	Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj meet Aurangzeb and was arrested.
3/21/1997	Foreign currency reserves of RBI stand at $16 billions, which was a record of sorts.
5/9/1996	LDF wins 80 sets and UDF 59 in Kerala elections .
9/29/1977	India and Bangladesh signed settlement for distributing Ganga river water.

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Historical Event on 8/17/1761 William Carey, the first English missionary to India, was born. He taught at the newly founded Fort William College at Calcutta from 1801 till his death and helped found the Serampore Press, which made the Bible accessible to over 300 million people.

Historical Event on 8/17/1761
William Carey, the first English missionary to India, was born. He taught at the newly founded Fort William College at Calcutta from 1801 till his death and helped found the Serampore Press, which made the Bible accessible to over 300 million people.