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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
3/26/1980Bombay gets its first rock concert in 10 years (The Police).
12/13/2000Vikram Sood is appointed new RAW Chief.
5/1/1964Ravishankar University was established at Raipur in Madhya Pradesh.
6/15/1993PM Narasimha Rao visits Oman; India and Oman decide to give each other MFN status.
6/17/1976Montreal Olympics opens.
10/2/1969Gandhi's birth centenary celebrated all over the country.
4/1/1902Laxmidas Purshottamdas Jai, cricketer, (one Test, India v England 1934, scored 19 & 0), was born in Bombay.
10/15/1946Victor Banerjee, actor (A Passage to India), was born in Calcutta, India.
8/30/1751Sir Robert Clive exhibited a heroic feat when the British troops captured Arcot form Chanda Saheb.
1/24/19953,400 meter long tunnel at Barcem piercing through the Karmali Ghat in Canacona taluka on the Konkan railway route in Goa completed at an approximate cost of Rs. 50 million.