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Historical Event on 4/17/1946
Shri Valangaiman Sankaranarayana Srinivasa Shastri, greatest social reformer, freedom fighter, educationist, politician, master, scholar of Sanskrit and President of India, passed away.
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| 6/15/1960 | Bardwan University was established in West Bengal. |
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| 5/21/1835 | Biharilal Chakravorty, Bengali poet, was born. |
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