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Historical Event on 12/31/1966

Bishen Singh Bedi made his Test Cricket debut vs West Indies at Calcutta.

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7/1/1990General Sunith Francis Rodrigues takes over as Chief of the Army Staff.
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1/24/1997Public holiday in connection with Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose birth centenary.
6/5/1984Operation 'Blue Star' was launched by Indira Gandhi. Indian commandos stormed into Sikh's holiest gurudwara Golden Temple in Amritsar to flush out the terrorists and other anti-government elements. Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and over 325 people were killed in the temple. Thus a great rebel arose all over the nation and specially in Punjab.
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2/18/1998C. Subramaniam, former Maharashtra Governor, is awarded Bharat Ratna.
10/26/1950Mother Teresa founded Mission of Charity in Calcutta, India.