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Historical Event on 7/6/1787
Robert founded Indian Botanic Garden near Calcutta by Kyd on 273 acres of land.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/8/2000 | Abhin Shyam Gupta and B.R. Meenakshi win the NSCI Grand Prix all India badminton tournament in Mumbai. |
| 2/26/1996 | Parliament's budget session opens. |
| 1/12/1996 | Supreme Court holds that horse racing is not gambling, but a game of skill. |
| 12/27/1996 | Mahashweta Devi, Bengali litterateur, win the Gyanpith Award. |
| 4/27/1994 | Supreme Court strikes down section 309 of the Indian Penal Code(which makes suicide a punishable offence)- violative of Article 21. |
| 5/15/1997 | Yaseen Malik, All-Party Hurriyat Conference leader, was released from Tihar jail. |
| 2/9/1992 | Pakistan bans JKLF march. |
| 1/21/1922 | Juda Reuben, cricket Test umpire for 10 tests from 1969-77, was born in Mumbai. |
| 1/29/1948 | Angry refugees ask Gandhiji to retire to the Himalayas. |
| 12/12/1925 | Dattatreya Gajanan Phadkar alias ""Dattu"" Phadkar, cricketer (pace bowler all-rounder for India), Kolhapur, Maharastra, was born. |
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