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Bengal


1994 Bombay beat Bengal by 8 wickets to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy

1993 India defeat West Indies in Bengal Jubilee Cricket Final, Kumble 6-12

1990 Bengal beat Delhi in rained-out cricket Ranji Trophy final on quotient

1989 Delhi beat Bengal by innings and 210 to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy

1971 Cyclone and tidal wave off Bay of Bengal kills as many as 10,000

1964 Utpal Chatterjee, cricketer, Bengal slow left-arm bowler

1963 Estimated 22,000 die in another cyclone in Bay of Bengal (India)

1960 Cyclone hits coast of Gulf of Bengal; about 10,000 die

1960 Cyclone hits coast of Gulf of Bengal; about 4000 die

1958 Waverley John Anderson, Scot, viscount/governor of Bengal, dies at 75

1954 Former French possession of Chandernagore made part of West Bengal

1945 British troops occupy Andamanen in Gulf of Bengal

1942 Cyclone in Bay of Bengal kills some 40,000 south of Calcutta India

1942 British troops vacate the Andamanen in Gulf of Bengal

1924 Ursula Thiess, Hamburg, actress, Monsoon, Bengal Brigade, Americano

1882 Waverley John Anderson, Scottish viscount/governor of Bengal

1876 Cyclone hits Bengal, about 200,000 die

1870 Stanley Jackson, cricketer, captain of England, governor of Bengal

1836 Ramakrishna, Hooghly Bengal, Hindu saint, preached unity of religions

1757 Robert Clive defeats Indians at Plassey, wins control of Bengal

1737 40 foot waves sink 20,000 small craft and kill 300,000 (Bengal, India)


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