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June

What Happened this Day in India History Events.

1858 The capture of Gwalior by the British Army and the Sepoy Mutiny came to an end with it.
1873 YMCA in India establishment.
1887 Mumbai-based Victoria Terminus (Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus) opened to the public. Today it is one of the busiest railway stations in the country.
1916 SNDT in Pune Establishment of Women's University.
1998 Vishwanathan Anand won the fifth Frankfurt Classic chess tournament by defeating Vladimir Kaimnik.
2014 Announcement of Jnanpith Award to eminent poet Kedarnath Singh.
1756 Siraj ud-Daula Nawab of Bengal sought Calcutta from the British.
1869 Laxman Kashinath Kirloskar, the founder of the famous industrialist Kirloskar Industry Group of India, was born.
1923 Proficient journalist and writer Gaur Kishore Ghosh was born.