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Historical Event on 1/24/1857

Calcutta University established.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/28/1978Nafisa Joseph, Miss India Universe (1997), was born.
5/31/1987Daman and Diu to remain as union territories after Goa becomes the 25th state of India.
3/12/1612Usman Khan Lohani, son of Isa Khan, was defeated in the battle of Nekujyal. He died as the last independent ruler of Bengal.
3/1/1640Britishers were allowed to do commercial activities in Madras.
10/24/2000Hyrunnisa, suspected to be the key accused in the Kollam liquor tragedy, nabbed along with her husband and a worker in her shop in Guruvayur.
9/2/1992Shripad Deshpande, senior journalist, passed away.
2/9/1993Silver prices crash as the govt allows passengers to import upto 100 k and reduces customs duty on 35 baggage items from 255 to 150 \%.
4/19/1995Gopala Ramanujam,Goa Governor, takes up additional charge of Kerala.
9/2/1918Datta Deshmukh, water expert and President of `Lalnishan Party', was born.
11/12/1929First Maharastrian Governor Shripad Balwant Tambe was appointed as Governor of Nagpur.