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Historical Event on 4/14/1772

Ahmadshah Abdali passed away.

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4/4/1987Agney, famous Hindi litterateur and Gyanpeeth Award winning poet, passed away.
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12/17/1978Dhirendranath Ganguly, father of Bengali film industry, died.
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6/28/1972Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis died. He was the first founder of Indian statistical Institute to receive world recognition. In 1958, he started his national sample surveys. A Sample survey means assessing a situation by studying a part of it which would represent the whole, some of his proposals were included in the second five year paln. His original work made him elected as fellow of the Royal society in 1945.
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8/3/1780British officer captain Bruce conquered Gwalior fort under Major Popham after defeating Sindhiya.
9/24/1629Jacques Specx appointed Governor General of Dutch-Indies.