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Historical Event on 12/31/1956
Pandit Ravishankar Shukla, former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, lawyer, politician and social worker, died at the age of 80.
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| 9/16/1996 | First one-day international in Canada played between India and Pakistan at Toronto. |
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| 3/3/1871 | Congress changes Indian tribes status from independent to dependent. |
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| 10/22/1913 | Harumal Sadarangani, famous Sindhi writer, was born at Sind, Pakistan. |
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