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Historical Event on 8/10/1927
Manali Kallat Vainu Bappu, first Indian astronomer, litterateur and Urdu poet, was born at Madras.
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| 12/19/1961 | Goa was liberated after Portuguese surrendered to the Indian troops. |
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