1756 in India

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Events in the year 1756 in India.

Events

• Suraj-ud-Dowlah captures Calcutta.^[1]
• 19 June - Confinement of prisoners in the Black Hole of Calcutta.^[2]
• Seven Years' War, 1756-63.^[3]

Deaths

• Siraj-ud-Din Ali Khan Arzu, Urdu poet and Lexicographer in Delhi. (b. 1687)

References

1. Everyman's Dictionary of Dates; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 261
2. Everyman's Dictionary of Dates; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 98
3. Everyman's Dictionary of Dates; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 261