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Historical Event on 8/3/1780
British officer captain Bruce conquered Gwalior fort under Major Popham after defeating Sindhiya.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/23/1962 | The Cholera Research Centre was established at Calcutta (renamed as the National Institute of Cholera & Enteric Diseases in 1979). |
| 7/22/1997 | Bus plummets into the swollen Usri river in Giridih dist, Bihar, killing 70. |
| 11/27/1994 | D. V. Purohit (Nanasaheb), veteran freedom figher and revolutionary, passed away. |
| 5/17/1957 | Nehru, who went to Ceylon to celebrate the 2,500th anniversary of the founding of Buddhism, calls for an end to nuclear tests. |
| 7/6/2000 | India, Nepal sign agreement to set up a specialist joint unit to counter terrorism and share information about criminals operating along the border. |
| 1/28/1992 | Umanath Vachaspati, Magsesey Award winner, passed away. |
| 4/9/1669 | Aurangzeb issued a general order all the schools and temples of the infidels. |
| 2/17/1980 | Indira Gandhi dissolves nine state assemblies led by opposition. She imposed presidential rule in Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, U.P., Bihar, Orissa, M.P., Rajasthan, Punjab and Gujarat. |
| 12/10/1902 | Sir Ronald Ross was awarded the Nobel Prize for medicine for detecting the cause of Malaria. |
| 5/30/1987 | Goa becomes the 25th state of India. |
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