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Historical Event on 1/2/1757
After the Battle of Plassey, Clive, Britisher, defeated Siraj-ud-Daulah, Mir Jafar, Nawab of Bengal and re-captured Calcutta, after it had been seized by the Nawab of Bengal who had used the ""Black Hole"" to imprison British captives.
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| 9/14/1949 | Hindi declared the national language by the Constituent Assembly after a three-day debate. |
| 9/18/1972 | Government of India announces increase of minimum bonus to workers from 4\% to 8.33\%. |
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| 5/29/1953 | Ranji Nanan, cricketer (Trinidad off-spinner, 1 Test v Pakistan 1981), was born. |
| 1/28/1895 | Shankarrao Dattatray Dev, veteran Congress leader, Gandhian and Sarvoday leader, was born. |
| 9/16/1932 | Ronald Ross, bacteriologist and member of Indian Medical Service, died in London. He had also received a Nobel Prize. |
| 7/28/1989 | Mufti Mohammad Sayeed was disqualified from Rajya Sabha. It was the first case of such disqualification from the House under anti-defection law. |
| 1/3/1985 | Azharuddin scores 110 in first Test innings. |
| 12/6/1952 | First Indo-Soviet Trade agreement signed. |
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