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Historical Event on 8/17/1761
William Carey, the first English missionary to India, was born. He taught at the newly founded Fort William College at Calcutta from 1801 till his death and helped found the Serampore Press, which made the Bible accessible to over 300 million people.

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8/10/1894	Varahagiri Venkata Giri, the fourth former President of India, was born at Berhampur in Orissa. He was one of the patriarchs of Trade Union Movement of India.
6/24/1991	Jayalalitha ministry sworn in in Tamil Nadu.
5/10/1957	Dr. Rajendra Prasad elected President of India for a second term.
8/25/1997	10,000 people residing in low lying areas in Gujarat shifted to safer places following incessant rains for two days. Death toll mounts to 265.
11/8/2000	Queen Ingrid (90), Denmark's Swedish born queen mother and great-grand daughter of Britain's Queen Victoria, died in Copenhagen.
12/28/1926	Imperial Airways begins England-India mail & passenger service.
12/28/1926	Allau'd-din Khalji declared himself as King of Delhi after assissinating Jalal'ud-din Khalji. (19 0r 20).
11/24/1989	Tendulkar scores a record cricket test 50 aged 16 years 214 days.

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Historical Event on 8/17/1761 William Carey, the first English missionary to India, was born. He taught at the newly founded Fort William College at Calcutta from 1801 till his death and helped found the Serampore Press, which made the Bible accessible to over 300 million people.

Historical Event on 8/17/1761
William Carey, the first English missionary to India, was born. He taught at the newly founded Fort William College at Calcutta from 1801 till his death and helped found the Serampore Press, which made the Bible accessible to over 300 million people.