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Historical Event on 9/15/1999

Palvai Purushottam, the sitting Sirpur MLA and TDP candidate, shot dead.

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6/6/1997U.S. Congress honours Mother Teresa with a gold medal.
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7/11/1957Aga Sultan Sir Muhammad (1877-1957), Aga Khan III, spritual leader of Ismaeli Muhammedans, passed away. He worked for Britian in the WW I & II. Aga Khan was extremly rich, he once had himself weighed against a sack of diamonds belonging to him. He was also one among those who formed the Muslim League.
10/13/1998Salman Khan, Hindi film actor who was arrested on charges of killing protected wild animals near Jodhpur, is remanded to the custody of the Forest department.
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9/14/1971Tarashankar Bandopadhyay, famous Bengali litterateur, died.
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