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Historical Event on 8/6/1905

Chittaranjan Das ""Desh Bandhu"", freedom fighter and advocate, started an organisation named ""Swadeshi Mandali"". He also founded magazine named Narayana in 1914 and a Bengali weekly in 1922 and the daily 'Forward'.

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12/11/1976Aliyawar Jung, former Governor of Maharashtra, died.
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9/23/1803British-Indian forces defeated the Marathas in the Battle of Assaye.