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Historical Event on 7/1/1862
Calcutta High Court was established for West Bengal and Andaman & Nicobar Islands. This Court has a Circuit Bench at Port Blair.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/20/1917 | Declaration of historic 'Mongegue'. |
| 6/27/2000 | Maneka Gandhi, Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment, launches National Initiative for child protection of which childline is an integral part. |
| 6/27/2000 | Vasco De Gama, Portuguese navigator who discovered India, died in Cochin. |
| 5/24/1875 | Sir Sayed Ahmed Khan established Mohmmad Anglo Oriental School which was renamed in 1920 as 'Aligarh Muslim University'. |
| 12/1/1970 | T. Swaminathan was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 02-11-1972 |
| 12/19/1966 | Rajesh Kumar Chauhan, cricketer (Indian off-spinner since 1993), was born in Ranchi. |
| 6/20/1972 | Paras Laxmikant Mhambrey, great Indian cricket pace bowler (Test v England 1996), was born in Bombay. |
| 7/21/1963 | Kashi Vidyapeeth was given recognisation as University. |
| 1/4/1889 | Judge M. Patanjali Sastri, Chief Justice of India, was born. |
| 2/2/1986 | Dalai Lama meets Pope John Paul II in India. |
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