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Historical Event on 1/22/1760

In the battle at Wandiwash (India), after their victory against the French, the British virtually had no European opponent left in India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/22/2000Bhaktavar Lentin (72), former Judge of the Bombay High Court, died after a prolonged illness at his residence in Mumbai.
12/23/1930The British governor of Punjab was wounded in an assassination attempt.
10/15/1996H.D. Deve Gowda, Prime Minister, launched the concluding ceremony of the 85th year of ICMR at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi. He also gave away the ICMR Prizes and Awards (1994-95) to outstanding bio-medical scientists of India.
9/30/1989INS Shalki, India's first indigenously built submarine, launched in Bombay.
3/21/1993The 68 km Mangalore-Udupi stretch of the west coast Konkan rail line opened by the PM.
6/12/1952J&K Assembly decided to terminate hereditary monarchy.
3/7/1998A. B. Vajpayee is elected leader of the BJP Parliamentary Party.
4/3/1984Soyuz T-11 carried three cosmonauts along with the first Indian Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma to Salyut 7.
1/6/1947All India Congress Commitee accepted the division of country.
9/19/1704Guru Govind Singh died.