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Historical Event on 1/5/1671
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj captured the 'Salher' fort from Mughals.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/10/1990 | Saroj Mukherjee, WB's CPI(M) secretary, died. |
| 11/15/1817 | Battle of Yerwada. |
| 4/9/1783 | Tipu Sultan drives out English from Bednoor, India. |
| 9/7/1997 | Banned Maoist Communist Centre guns down at least 30 CPI (M) liberation activists, including district committee members and workers, at Ankendar village, 40 km from the district headquarters of Chatra in Bihar. |
| 9/3/1906 | Prithviraj Kapoor, veteran film actor, was born in Peshawar. His first film was 'Challenge' (1929). He is the founder of Prithvi Theatre in Bombay. He is remembered for his immortal role of Akbar is film 'Mugul-E-Azam'. |
| 7/1/1941 | C. Y. Chintamani died. |
| 12/23/1992 | Varma Commission indicts IB, the Centre and Tamil Nadu police for failure to protect Rajiv Gandhi. |
| 8/23/1995 | First ever cellular phone service begins in Calcutta. |
| 5/1/1908 | Praful Chaki committed suicide after he threw a bomb on Judge Kingsford of Mujaffarpur, killing two inocent women. |
| 7/27/1998 | B. B. Lyngdoh is sworn in Meghalaya Chief Minister. |
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