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Historical Event on 2/19/1812
Congregational missionaries Adoniram Judson, 23, and his wife Ann, 22, first sailed from New England to Calcutta. (Judson eventually concentrated his labors in Burma).
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| 1/14/1995 | The 5th Pay Commission suggests trimming of bureaucracy. |
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