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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
2/22/1994Punjab brought back to international air map after 10 years with the introduction of flights to 8 countries from Amritsar Rajasansi Airport.
4/9/1993Lt. Gen. B.C. Joshi to be the next army chief.
8/1/1932Meena Kumari, film actress, was born.
6/18/1989India and Pakistan decide to end the five-year-old confrontation in Siachen Glacier area by redeploying their forces.
1/2/1960Raman Lamba, cricketer (Indian opening batsman 1986-87), was born in Meerut.
12/27/1975A coal-mine was exploded at Chasnala mine near Dhanbad. It was India's worst coal mine disaster.
9/5/1997CBI chargesheets former Railway Minister C.K. Jaffer Sharief for possessing assets disproportionate to his income.
5/22/1993Karnataka special task force guns down Veerappan's brother and righthand man Arjunan.
1/19/1995Prof. Armaity Desai, eminent Sociologist, appointed the new UGC Chairperson.
5/25/1995Voting on the Criminal Law Bill differed again in Rajya Sabha.