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Historical Event on 10/11/1894

Sudhirranjan Das, former Chief Justice of Supreme Court, was born.

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12/16/1867Amy Carmichael, Scotch Irish missionary, was born. She went to India in 1895 under the Zenana Missionary Society, remaining there without furlough until her death 56 years later. An invalid during her last 20 years, she worked to rescue children from the Hindus.
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