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Historical Event on 7/16/1917

Jagdishchandra Mathur, modern Hindi playwright, was born.

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4/14/1952Three integrated Railway Zones, Northern, North Eastern and Eastern inaugurated.
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2/14/1994The controversial Supreme Court Judge V.Ramaswami, who survived an impeachment motion in Parliament, retires.
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1/27/1967Delimitation Agreement for Warfare in space was signed by 60 nations in United Nation.
10/10/1896Jananayak Debeswar Sarmah, freedom fighter, architect and nationalist, was born at Jorhat, Assam.
8/9/1942Subhash Chandra Bose (Netaji) forms the Indian National Army in Malaya with the help of the Japanese. He inaugurates the Government of Free India at Singapore.
9/29/1755Robert Lord Clive founded the British empire in India
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