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Historical Event on 8/17/1934
Murasoli Shanmuga Sundram Maran was born in Thirukkuvalai village in Thiruvarur (Tamil Nadu).
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| 2/4/1976 | Lok Sabha's life extended by one year. |
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| 12/25/1946 | Gandhiji said, at Noakhali, ""I am being tested through and through"". |
| 1/28/1933 | India in Waldorf Hotel in London read out a four and a half page note in Cambridge. |
| 8/22/1993 | Gundu Rao, former Chief Minister of Karnataka, died. He was 56. |
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