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Historical Event on 1/16/1916
Amat Debananda, politician, was born in Balani village at Orissa .
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| 2/21/1959 | Press Club of India was founded in New Delhi. |
| 3/29/1914 | Sudhir Gupta, famous Hindi poet and educationist, was born in Kalasgram, Bangladesh. |
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