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Historical Event on 10/11/1737

A violent earthquake and cyclone hit Calcutta which claimed 3,00,000 lives.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/4/1847Pratapsingh Bhosle, Maratha King, died.
1/26/1972Amar Jawan, a national memorial, established at India Gate, New Dehli.
7/2/1938Chandra K. N. Patel was born at Baramati near Pune. In 1974, he was the youngest scientist to be elected to the US National Academy of Sciences. Besides, he is the recipient of the Ballantine Medal, The Worykin Award and The lamme Medal. Chandra K. N. Patel is the Executive Director of one of the divisions of the AT&T Bell Laboratories, USA.
1/26/1997Mizoram becomes a dry state, the fourth, after Gujarat, AP and Haryana.
12/3/1991Lok Sabha question hour telecast at 7.15 a.m for the first time .
7/18/1987Arun Singh, union minister of state for defence, resigns from the cabinet.
12/5/1999India's Yukta Mookhey is crowned Miss World.
10/17/1996President's rule reimposed in U.P.
2/14/1914Vinaya Kumar Parashar, journalist and social worker, was born at Hemgir, M.P.
1/1/1987United Nations General Assembly announced this year to be observed as the ""International Year of Shelter for the Homeless"". (5-10-87).