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29 June

🇮🇳 In India

1757 Mir Zafar was installed on the throne as the Nawab of Bengal, Bihar and Orrisa from Murshidabad.

1893 Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, physics, mathematics expert and founder of Indian Statistical Institute, was born in Calcutta.

1998 Government decides to grant full statehood for Delhi and create three new States namely Uttaranchal, Vananchal and Chattisgarh.

🌎 Elsewhere

1888 Professor Frederick Treves performs the first appendectomy in England.

1995 The shuttle Atlantis and the Russian space station Mir docked, forming the largest man-made satellite ever to orbit Earth.

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