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This Day In History- December 5
1931 – Former Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Jayant Ganpat Nadkarni VSM, PVSM, AVSM was born. A Graduate of the Naval War College, Admiral...
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This Day In History- December 4
1910 – The First Indian Cricketer to receive a test cap and the first Indian fast bowler and all-rounder, Ladhabhai Nakum Amar Singh Lodha was...
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This Day In History- December 3
1884 – Advocate’s Day. Eminent Lawyer, freedom fighter and the first President of India, Dr. Rajendra Prasad was born. The only President in the history...
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This Day In History- December 2
1898 – The First ‘Flying Ace’ of India and World War I Hero, Lieutenant Indra Lal ‘Laddie’ Roy was born. Roy, who participated in World...
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This Day In History- December 1
1954 – Renowned Social Activist and the face of the ‘Narmada Bachao Andolan’, Medha Patkar was born. She was born in a family of activists...
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This Day In History- November 30
1858 – Considered as ‘One of the pioneers of modern science’, eminent physicist, botanist, archaeologist and polymath Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose was born. Acharya Bose...
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This Day In History- November 29
1913 – Noted Urdu poet, lyricist and writer Ali Sardar Jafri was born. In a career spread across five decades, Jafri penned several poems most...
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This Day In History- November 28
1927 – Eminent Orthopaedic Surgeon and co-inventor of the famous ‘Jaipur Foot’, Dr. Pramod Karan Sethi was born. Dr. Sethi together with Ram Chandra Sharma,...
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This Day In History- November 27
1877 – A Meteorite of the type ‘L6’ landed in Bhagur, Maharashtra. 1878 – Eminent Bengali poet considered as the voice of Bengali poetry post-Rabindra...
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This Day In History- November 26
1906 – Eminent Kannada scholar, poet, essayist, linguist and educator Acharya Tirthapura Nanjundaiah Srikantaiah also referred to as ‘TeeNamSri’ was born. T.N. Srikantaiah studied poetics...