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Historical Event on 1/29/1780
Hicky's Bengal Gazette, the first news paper in India, was published in English in Calcutta .
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| 4/23/1991 | Major parties agree to have polls in Punjab. |
| 7/29/1748 | Boscawen landed 25 km south of Pondicherry. |
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