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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 |
| 7/6/1787 | Akbar captured Ahmednagar. |
| 9/24/1629 | Jacques Specx appointed Governor General of Dutch-Indies. |
| 1/5/1985 | Rajiv Gandhi promises to solve the Punjab problem without yielding to 'separatist ideologies. |
| 10/1/1997 | Gul Mohammed (36), world's shortest man, died in New Delhi. Standing 56.16 cm tall, Mohammed entered the Guinness Book of World Records in 1992. |
| 9/18/1879 | Welthy Housinger Fisher, an American adult educationist in India, was born. |
| 2/13/1999 | The 5th National Games were inaugurated by President K.R. Narayanan in Imphal. |
| 10/27/1605 | Akbar (Abul-Fath Djalal-ud-Din), Mughal emperor of India (1556-1605), passed away of diarrhea or dysentery at the age of 63 years. After his death his body was buried at a mausoleum in Sikandra, Agra. |
| 1/18/1997 | SC says telephone tapping is violation of fundamental rights but permits it by government in special circumstances. |
| 6/24/1908 | Gopinath, famous Kathakali dancer, was born. |
| 8/11/2000 | Usha Mehta, great Gandhian, passed away. |
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