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Historical Event on 11/11/1793

English pioneer missionary William Carey, 32, reached Calcutta five months after setting sail for India. Later, Carey founded the Baptist Missionary Society, the first of the British Protestant missions agencies.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/19/1999Salgaocar emerged National Football League champions in Calcutta with a match to spare.
7/7/1855As many as 30,000, people went to Calcutta alongwith weapons to fight the British army.
1/26/1961Special stamps dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi in the Champion of Liberty series issued by the United States postal department.
1/19/1960Ramchandra Gopal (Dadasaheb Torne), famous film director, passed away.
1/1/1992Petrol and diesel price hiked in 11 states to make it uniform all over the country.
1/11/1966Gulzarilal Nanda was appointed as the acting Prime Minister of India. He held this position till January 24, 1966.
5/18/1988The ten-day Golden Temple siege at Amritsar ends with the surrender of 46 militant Sikhs.
7/10/1909Gandhiji arrives in London with the assistance of Lord Ampthill and works ceaselessly to educate influential British leaders and the public, and also to move Imperial authorities.
4/29/1639Delhi's Red fort construction commenced by laying the Foundation Stone by Shah Jahan. This fort was completed on May 13, 1646.
11/15/1913Ravindranath Tagore (1861-1941), received the message that he was awarded with Noble Prize in literature for his collection of poems ""Gitanjali"" . He was the first Indian to be awarded with Nobel Prize. (13 or 15)