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Historical Event on 11/2/1774

Lord Robert Clive, one of the founders of British Rule in India, British Army Chief and Diplomat, died. He committed suicide in England at the age of 49 under strain of ill health and charges of his misdeeds in India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/9/1993Passport fees raised from Rs. 60 to Rs.300.
6/14/1929Jatindra Nath Das was arrested in Calcutta.
10/26/1952Pakistan's first Test cricket win vs India. Fazal Mahmood took 12 wkts .
10/20/1919Chaitanyabala Divatia, great author, was born in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
8/21/1981Dattatrey Balkrishna Kalelkar ""Kakasaheb"", freedom fighter, passed away at the age of 96.
3/3/1859A length of 119 miles of line was laid in the North from Allahabad to Kanpur.
6/18/1978The Karakoram Highway, linking Gilgit in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir with Sinkiang in China, is opened.
7/5/1970Indian ship capsized in Krishna River in eastern India claiming 150 lives.
10/28/1998The 1998 Swarna Jayanti Fellowship Award is presented to 11 young scientists.
10/15/1686Aurangzeb attacked and conqured Bijapur and this was the end of the Muslim Adilshahi's era.