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Historical Event on 8/17/1761
William Carey, the first English missionary to India, was born. He taught at the newly founded Fort William College at Calcutta from 1801 till his death and helped found the Serampore Press, which made the Bible accessible to over 300 million people.

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11/27/1946	London announces parley on India; Muslims accept, Hindus decline.
5/15/1958	Gift Tax Act was introduced.
8/21/1986	Nine-member Cong-MNF coalition ministry headed by MNF President Laldenga sworn-in in Aizawl.
3/22/1932	Indian Muslims break with Great Britain.
5/5/1971	India appeals for urgent aid for 1.8 mil. for Bangladeshi refugees in New Delhi.
10/23/1990	Following the arrest of its President L. K. Advani, who was leading a rathyathra to Ayodhya at Samasthipur in Bihar, BJP withdrew support to National Front Government.
4/26/1946	V. K. Ramaswamy, cricket test umpire for 10 tests from 1984-till date, was born at Hyderabad. He has become one of the first Indian Test umpires to be invited to umpire in a foreign country along with P. D. Reporter.
2/14/1990	An Indian Airlines Airbus crashes at Bangalore killing 92 people.
2/25/1869	Anand Shankar Bapubhai Dhruv, Sanskrit Pandit and editor of monthly magzine 'Vasant' , was born.
9/21/1997	Mahesh Bhupathi wins a cliff-hanger as India clinches Davis Cup World Group play-off tie against Chile 3-2 in Delhi.

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Historical Event on 8/17/1761 William Carey, the first English missionary to India, was born. He taught at the newly founded Fort William College at Calcutta from 1801 till his death and helped found the Serampore Press, which made the Bible accessible to over 300 million people.

Historical Event on 8/17/1761
William Carey, the first English missionary to India, was born. He taught at the newly founded Fort William College at Calcutta from 1801 till his death and helped found the Serampore Press, which made the Bible accessible to over 300 million people.