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Historical Event on 9/8/1897

Lokmanya Tilak charged in anti-national activity case.

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12/4/1661Murad Baksh was executed on the charge of murdering Diwan Ali Nagi.
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12/22/1999The Government says there is no hidden agenda behind the US lifting of curbs.
4/18/1959Premier Chou En-lai insists Tibetan Dalai Lama was abducted to India.
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