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Historical Event on 4/15/1919
British troops kill 400 Indians, who were demonstrating against the British rule at Amritsar for the forced marshall law on Punjab.
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| 6/30/1993 | AN-12 phasing out marked the end of a glorious chapter of transport operations in the IAF. |
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| 1/1/1862 | Indian Penal Code and code of Criminal Procedure passed on October 6, 1860 came into force. |
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| 7/1/1961 | Kalpana Chawla, the first Indian women astronaut (STS 87), was born in Karnal. |
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