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Historical Event on 1/15/1784

Sir William Jones, Judge and linguist, and Sir Warren Hastings established the Asiatic Society of Bengal at Calcutta. This was the first scholastic institution.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/15/1784Property Tax was passed.
6/7/1996Sq. Ldr. Sanjay Thapar of IAF becomes the first Indian to jump from a parachute and hoist the national flag at the North Pole.
5/5/1903Former minister William Petty declares Persian Gulf a part of British dominion in India.
8/13/1943Chintamanrao Deshmukh was first Indian to be appointed Governor of Reserve Bank.
3/19/1962Raja Kelkar Museum, which belonged to Dinkar Gangadhar Kelkar, was opened for the people.
8/5/1965M. V. Sridhar, cricketer (scored 366 for Hyderabad vs Andhra Pradesh, 1994), was born.
4/9/1974India, Pakistan, Bangladesh reach pact to exchange prisoners of 1971 war in New Delhi.
6/23/1985Air India Jumbo Jet Boeing 747 'Kanishka' which was travelling to Mumbai from Montreal crashed into the Atlantic Ocean after explosion near Ireland. 329 people on board died.
9/25/1947Kashmir accedes to Indian Union.
7/18/1695Joannes Camphuys, Governal General of Dutch-Indies, died at the age of 61.