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Historical Event on 1/15/1918

K.C.D. Brahaspati, great poet, playwright and orientalist, was born at Rampur, UP.

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11/17/1928Lala Lajpat Rai died in Lahore after being seriously wounded in the barbarous lathi charge of 30th October. He is referred as the ""Lion of Punjab"" or ""Punjab Kesari"" and is remembered as freedom fighter, nationalist, educationist, lawyer, thinker, writer, social reformer, orator and a passionate fighter for the revival of the ancient Indian culture and
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4/14/1948Law about Atomic Energy implemented in India.