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<b>October 1492</b>
Christopher Columbus logbook records for the first time the term "Indies" for his location. In a weather report: "And all these days since I've been in the Indies it has rained more or less."
<b>29 October 1999:</b>
A Super Cyclone, the worst in the history of India, lashes the State of Orissa. Winds howl to 256 km/h (160 mph) and torrential rains followed by a tidal surge that reached as high as 10 metres (33 ft) pummeled the entire coastal region. <b>20,000 people</b> and 700,000 cattle die, 90 million trees are uprooted or damaged, and 20 million people are homeless. Estimated property damages exceeds US $1.35 billion.
<b>31 October 1876</b>
A catastrophic cyclone strikes Bengal in which about 200,000 people are thought to have lost their lives. Storm surge of 3-15 m recorded in Ganga delta before the cyclone hits Backergunj (now in Bangladesh). Cyclone and floods drowned over 100,000 in a day.
<b>31 October 1945</b>
All India Jamiyat-Ulama-i-Islam Conference in Calcutta adopted the ill-famous resolution declaring the demand for the creation of Pakistan as a religious and sacred need, by authority of the law of shariat and Muhammad and al-Quran. It declared an all-out mobilization of Indian Moslems for the creation of Pakistan as the only way for them to save their religion. Legacy of a Divided Nation By Mushirul Hasan
<b>October 1492</b>
Christopher Columbus logbook records for the first time the term "Indies" for his location. In a weather report: "And all these days since I've been in the Indies it has rained more or less."
<b>29 October 1999:</b>
A Super Cyclone, the worst in the history of India, lashes the State of Orissa. Winds howl to 256 km/h (160 mph) and torrential rains followed by a tidal surge that reached as high as 10 metres (33 ft) pummeled the entire coastal region. <b>20,000 people</b> and 700,000 cattle die, 90 million trees are uprooted or damaged, and 20 million people are homeless. Estimated property damages exceeds US $1.35 billion.
<b>31 October 1876</b>
A catastrophic cyclone strikes Bengal in which about 200,000 people are thought to have lost their lives. Storm surge of 3-15 m recorded in Ganga delta before the cyclone hits Backergunj (now in Bangladesh). Cyclone and floods drowned over 100,000 in a day.
<b>31 October 1945</b>
All India Jamiyat-Ulama-i-Islam Conference in Calcutta adopted the ill-famous resolution declaring the demand for the creation of Pakistan as a religious and sacred need, by authority of the law of shariat and Muhammad and al-Quran. It declared an all-out mobilization of Indian Moslems for the creation of Pakistan as the only way for them to save their religion. Legacy of a Divided Nation By Mushirul Hasan