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2 January
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Britain captures Calcutta (part of the fighting in the Seven Years' War)
This date is in the wider Indian-history calendar but does not yet have a dedicated Curious Indian article.
Railway Minister L. N. Mishra was mortally wounded in a bombing at Samastipur station.
L. N. Mishra Bombing: The Murder Case That Took 39 Years to Reach Judgment
Step into the dark shadows of nineteen seventies Indian politics. Discover the shocking L.N. Mishra bombing, the very first assassination of a cabinet minister that shook the nation…
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