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Sultanate & Mughal Period

The Great General of Saraighat

Lachit Borphukan's Valiant Stand Against the Mughals

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On this calendar date

Bharat

2008
A coordinated group of shooting and bombing attacks across Mumbai began, ultimately killing 175 people and wounding more than 300 others.
1842
The University of Notre Dame (building pictured) was founded by Edward Sorin of the Congregation of Holy Cross as an all-male institution in the U.S. state of Indiana.

World

2011
In a friendly-fire incident, a skirmish occurred between U.S.-led NATO forces and Pakistani security forces at two military checkposts along the Afghanistan–Pakistan border.
2011
The Mars Science Laboratory mission, carrying the Curiosity rover (pictured) on board, was launched from Cape Canaveral.
1983
Six robbers broke into a Brink's-Mat warehouse at Heathrow Airport in London and stole £26 million in gold, diamonds and cash.
1979
Pakistan International Airlines Flight 740, crashed shortly after takeoff near Taif, Saudi Arabia, killing all 156 people on board.
1977
A speaker claiming to represent the "Intergalactic Association" interrupted a broadcast of Southern Television in South East England.
1965
Astérix (prototype pictured), the first French satellite, was launched into orbit by a Diamant rocket from Hammaguir, Algeria.

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