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Historical Event on 11/25/1879

Sri Thanwardas Lilaram Vaswani, professor, saint poet, great orator and prolific writer, was born in Hyderabad, Sindh (now in Pakistan). He was the founder of Mira Movement.

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7/4/1992Sanskrit made a compulsory subject from sixth to intermediate classes in Uttar Pradesh.
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