On this day:
1759: British troops chase French out of Masulipatnam India
1929: Indian Independence Movement: At the Delhi Central Assembly, Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt throw handouts and bombs to court arrest
1959: One of the first modern programming languages, COBOL, is created 1985: India files suit against Union Carbide over Bhopal disaster
Born on this day:
1938: Kofi Annan, Ghanaian diplomat, 7th Secretary-General of the United Nations
Gone on this day:
1857: Mangal Pandey, Indian Sepoy (soldier) in the 34th Bengal Native Infantry
1894: Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, Indian novelist
