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Historical Event on 12/22/1975
Vishnupant Purshottam Bhagwat, editor, publisher and printer of monthly magzine ""Satyakatha"", d
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| 4/16/1918 | Lalita Pawar, famous actress of Indian film industry, was born. |
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