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Historical Event on 1/1/1948

India raised voice against Pakistani infilatration in the country. A complaint was lodged in the Security Council of United Nation on Kashmir invasion.

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6/18/1658Aurangzeb managed to capture the Agra Fort and later arrested his father Emperor Shahjahan.
8/1/1996T. S. R. Subramaniam was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-03-1998.
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7/24/1932Madhukar Devram Toradmal, famous actor and playwright, was born.
2/16/1931Viceroy Lord Irwin meets Mahatma Gandhi for the first time.