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Historical Event on 7/7/1901

J. Watsan Harod started a branch of Gramophone Company at Calcutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/17/1986SAARC Summit at Bangalore decides to set up permanent secretariat at Kathmandu; India elected new Chairman.
3/14/1992NTR expels Upendra and six others from Telegu Desam Party.
6/13/1931Gandhi to live in a garret amongst the poor in London.
12/7/1993Lalthanhwala sworn in CM of Mizoram.
4/5/1614Indian princess Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe.
10/15/1676King of England permitted the East India Company to mint the Rupee and Paisa coins at Bombay.
1/3/1836Munshi Newal Kishore, son of Jamuna Prasad Bhargava--a zamindar of Aligarh-- and a great erudite scholar, educationist, nationalist, social worker and a pioneer industrialist, was born. He was the founder of Navalkishore Press, Lucknow (1858), which published 2612 books that elaborated Hindi literature. He was the Publisher of Awadhi Newspaper in Asia.
5/18/1995Sukhomoy Sengupta, 76, Tripura's first CM, passed away.
6/23/1757The Battle of Plassey started between Robert Clive, incharge of British army, and Nawab of Bengal, Siraj -Ud -Daula. In this battle Robert Clive won control of Bengal.
3/10/1873Maulana Shaukat Ali, freedom fighter, nationalist and Muslim politician, was born.