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Historical Event on 9/17/1892

Shri Hanuman Prasad Poddar, social reformer, revolutionary and poet, was born in Shillong.

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5/18/1974First underground Atomic device explosion for India was carried out successfully near Pokhran in Rajasthan (Thar Desert) at 8:05 a.m. This event made India as the 6th nation to explode an atomic bomb.
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10/31/1955The Prime Minister inaugurated the Cooperative Milk Producers' Union factory at Anand, Gujarat.
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