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Historical Event on 1/27/1904

R. P. Kanitkar, veteran writer, nationalist, journalist and editor, was born.

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7/3/1972Shimla Non-Arm Agreement on Kashmir signed between Indira Gandhi and Z. A. Bhutto.
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