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This Day In History- December 25
1919 – Legendary music director, composer, writer and producer Naushad Ali was born. He is often credited with the popularisation of classical music in films....
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This Day In History- December 24
1918 – The foundation stone for Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore’s school ‘Visva-Bharati’ was laid. 1922 – Jagaddipendra Narayan Bhup Bahadur ascended the ‘gaddi’ as the Maharaja...
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This Day In History- December 23
1902 – The Fifth Prime Minister of India Chaudhary Charan Singh was born. On July 28, 1979, Chaudhary Charan Singh assumed office as the Prime...
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This Day In History- December 22
1887 – National Mathematics Day. Revered as a ‘Genius of his time’, eminent math-magician Srinivasa Ramanujan was born. Ramanujan was one of the greatest mathematicians...
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This Day In History- December 21
1909 – Great freedom fighter Anant Laxman Kanhere assassinated the Magistrate of Nashik Arthur Mason Tippetts Jackson. 1921 – The 17th Chief Justice of...
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This Day In History- December 20
1886 – The Maharaja of Cooch-Behar, Jitendra Narayan Bhup Bahadur was born. 1935 – Former Chief of Air Staff, Swaroop Krishna Kaul was born....
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This Day In History- December 19
1929 – Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, President of the Lahore Session of the Indian National Congress, declared ‘Poorna Swaraj’ as the primary objective of the INC....
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This Day In History- December 18
1897 – Great Indian Revolutionary Ram Prasad Bismil was born. He was one of the founders of the Hindustan Republican Association and played key roles...
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This Day In History- December 17
1914 – Former India Test Cricketer and the first Indian to score a ton outside India, Syed Mushtaq Ali was born. Known for his aggressive...
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This Day In History- December 16
1903 – The Taj Mahal Palace Hotel, the five-star hotel designed by architects Sitaram Khanderao Vaidya and D.N. Mirza and completed by W.A. Chambers, was...