Historical Events
- 1784 Britain & Tippu Sahib of Mysore sign peace treaty
- 1965 1st of 2 cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 (India)
Film Release
1973 Ground-breaking Indian crime film “Zanjeer” directed by Prakash Mehra and starring “The Angry Young Man” Amitabh Bachchan released

- 1985 Booby trap bomb kills 86 people in India
- 1998 India conducts three underground nuclear tests in Pokhran, including a thermonuclear device
- 2000 India’s population officially reaches 1 billion – Astha Arora named India’s billionth baby
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