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Historical Event on 5/9/1981
Durga Bai Deshmukh passed away at Hyderabad. She was a social reformer, freedom fighter, planner, administrator, educationist and parliamentarian. She worked for peace, social welfare and for betterment of the downtrodden.
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| 8/22/1877 | Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy, great painter, philosopher, linguist, critic, art researcher in the East, was born at Colombo in Sri Lanka. |
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| 11/18/1972 | Tiger was adopted as India's 'National Animal' |
| 10/10/1954 | First 'President Award' was awarded to film 'Shyamchi Aai'. |
| 3/1/1818 | Singhgad won by the Britishers after the end of Peshwa kingdom. |
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