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Historical Event on 1/28/1900

General K.M. Cariappa, first Indian Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army, was born at Sanivara, Santhai (Coorg).

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3/25/1963Yagyawalk Bharadwaj, famous botany scientist, passed away.
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3/28/1914Komagata Maru sailed from Hong Kong to Vancouver with 351 Sikhs and 21 Punjabi Muslim youths under the captaincy of Sardar Gurjeet Singh as a part of 'Ghadar' Movement.
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7/25/1813First boat race started at Calcutta on the Hooghly river where seven sailing boats had competed.
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