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Historical Event on 7/6/1787
Robert founded Indian Botanic Garden near Calcutta by Kyd on 273 acres of land.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/16/2000 | Indian Airlines wins the 60th National Hockey championship in Jammu. |
| 8/15/1854 | The first train of the East Indian Railways steamed out of Howrah station destined for Hoogly, which was at a distance of 24 miles. It was the first passenger train catering to public traffic. Officially, it was inaugurated in 1855. |
| 4/17/1923 | Lindsay Anderson, director (Thursday's Children), was born in Bangalore, India. |
| 6/13/1943 | Netaji Subhashchandra Bose started his journey from Germany to Tokyo by a submarine. |
| 12/12/1964 | Maithili Sharan Gupta, famous Indian poet, Hindi litterateur, writer, social worker, patriot and Padma Bhushan awardee, died. |
| 1/10/1896 | Shri Narhar Vishnu Gadgil (Kakasaheb), famous politician, freedom fighter, lawyer, prolific writer, social reformer, nationalist leader and litterateur, was born. |
| 3/3/1891 | Office of Superintendent of Immigration (Treasury Dept) created. |
| 3/22/1997 | Deshabhimani daily, official organ of CPI (M), launches its 5th edition from Kottayam, Kerala. |
| 2/1/1994 | ONGC becomes a Public Limited Company. |
| 1/29/1999 | Alok Kumar of Punjab defeated Devendra Joshi of Maharashtra at the IIT complex at New Delhi. |
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