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Historical Event on 10/16/1788

Maratha's crowned Shahaalam as king of Delhi.

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3/13/1938Hitler merged Austria in Germany.
2/1/1942No.1 Squadron arrived in Burma with its Lysanders, flying tactical recce missions from Toungoo before transferring to Mingaladon with a flight deployed at Lashio.
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2/1/1929Jyotirbhaskaracharya Jayant Salgaonkar was born.
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5/27/1968Second Jawaharlal Nehru award for International Understanding given to Reverend Martin Luther King posthumously.
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