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Historical Event on 11/11/1793
English pioneer missionary William Carey, 32, reached Calcutta five months after setting sail for India. Later, Carey founded the Baptist Missionary Society, the first of the British Protestant missions agencies.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/30/1987 | India says it will revive the 'Agni' IRBM programe. |
| 6/7/1965 | Ashutosh Kali, great revolutionary, passed away. |
| 6/9/1923 | K. Alagirisami, famous journalist, playwright and story writer, was born. |
| 11/15/1920 | Assembly meeting of the League of Nations. |
| 2/21/1987 | Pakistan President Gen. Zia visits India. |
| 1/20/1994 | Chinese film 'Farewell, My Concubine' and Adoor Gopalakrishnan's 'Vidheyan' adjudged best Foreign and Indian films in the 25th International Film Festival at Calcutta. |
| 9/27/1760 | Mir Zafar was deposed and his son-in-law Mir Kasim became the Nawab of Bengal. He ruled till July 7, 1763. |
| 2/16/1997 | Tribal militants kill 21 persons in Tripura. |
| 10/15/1995 | PM leaves for a 12-day tour of Egypt, NAM Summit at Cartagena in Columbia and 50th year United Nations celebrations at New York. |
| 1/2/1905 | Jainendra Kumar, famous Hindi novelist and patriot, was born. |
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