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Historical Event on 8/9/1893
Shivpujan Sahai, famous Hindi story writer and novelist, was born at Bihar in a middle class family.
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| 10/9/1987 | Official Languages Rules, 1976 amended. |
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| 9/24/1992 | India's Leander Paes defeats Britain's Jeremy Bates in the Davis Cup tie in New Delhi. |
| 1/26/1995 | Dr. Nelson Mandela attends India's 46th Republic Day celebration as national guest. |
| 7/13/1950 | Nehru asks Stalin and Acheson to restore peace in Korea. |
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