2014 Event An Australian geophysical company has identified a large aluminum deposit that appeared around the time of the Malaysian Air Flight 370 disappearance on March 8th, suggesting that the plane may have crashed in the Bay of Bengal and not the Indian Ocean 1994 Event Bombay beat Bengal by 8 wickets to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy 1993 Event India defeat West Indies in Bengal Jubilee Cricket Final, Kumble 6-12 1990 Event Bengal beat Delhi in rained-out cricket Ranji Trophy final on quotient 1989 Event Delhi beat Bengal by innings and 210 to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy 1971 Event Cyclone and tidal wave off Bay of Bengal kills as many as 10,000 1964 Birthday Utpal Chatterjee, cricketer, Bengal slow left-arm bowler 1963 Event Estimated 22,000 die in another cyclone in Bay of Bengal (India) 1960 Event Cyclone hits coast of Gulf of Bengal; about 10,000 die 1960 Event Cyclone hits coast of Gulf of Bengal; about 4000 die 1958 Death Waverley John Anderson, Scot, viscount/governor of Bengal, dies at 75 1954 Event Former French possession of Chandernagore made part of West Bengal 1945 Event British troops occupy Andamanen in Gulf of Bengal 1942 Event Cyclone in Bay of Bengal kills some 40,000 south of Calcutta India 1942 Event British troops vacate the Andamanen in Gulf of Bengal 1924 Birthday Ursula Thiess, Hamburg, actress, Monsoon, Bengal Brigade, Americano 1882 Birthday Waverley John Anderson, Scottish viscount/governor of Bengal 1876 Event Cyclone hits Bengal, about 200,000 die 1870 Birthday Stanley Jackson, cricketer, captain of England, governor of Bengal 1836 Birthday Ramakrishna, Hooghly Bengal, Hindu saint, preached unity of religions 1757 Event Robert Clive defeats Indians at Plassey, wins control of Bengal 1737 Event 40 foot waves sink 20,000 small craft and kill 300,000 (Bengal, India)
