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Historical Event on 9/16/1931
Political prisoners Tarkeshwar Dutta and Santosh Mitra were shot by an officer at Hijli detention camp near Kharagpur. They were arrested for attending the Hijli meeting.
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| 1/1/1975 | Shankarrao Vasudev Kirloskar, famous iindustrialist, died. |
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