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Historical Event on 6/16/1893

Karumuttu Thiagarajan Chettiar, social worker and industrialist, was born at Athikkadu Thekkur in Tamil Nadu.

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8/17/1998National Human Rights Commission recommends compulsory registration of marriages in a bid to check child marriages.
4/15/1658Raja Jaswant Singh was defeated at Dharmat. He was sent by Shahjahan and Dara Shukoh to resist Aurangzeb's advance towards Agra.
2/21/1993Naxals free Andhra Pradesh Congress (I) MLA P.Balaraju and a govt. official after 22 days in captivity.
5/6/1971India refutes allegations that it has meddled in Pakistan's civil war.
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8/2/1987Geet Sethi retains the World Amateur Billiards title.
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