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Historical Event on 6/1/1904

Four Language panel were used for Rangoon. This panel had languages namely Burmese, Urdu, Tamil and Chinese.

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7/2/2000At least 30 people had died after a boat collapsed in Kumla river near Pratapur in Madhubani district of Bihar.
8/10/1994President's rule in J&K extended for another 6 months beginning 3rd Sept.
8/17/1761William Carey, the first English missionary to India, was born. He taught at the newly founded Fort William College at Calcutta from 1801 till his death and helped found the Serampore Press, which made the Bible accessible to over 300 million people.
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9/22/1891Gangopadhyay Taraknath, famous novelist in Bengal, passed away.
11/14/1889Jawaharlal Nehru, first Prime Minister of India, was born. To commemorate his birthday, this day is observed as 'Children's Day' from 1957.
2/3/1984Ravindra Mhatre, great Indian diplomat who was kidnapped in England, was murdered.
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