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Historical Event on 8/5/1939

In the first case to be brought under Prohibition laws, a railroad passenger was today convicted of possessing a bottle of brandy in Bombay.

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12/7/1856First Hindu widow married officially.
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3/18/1915British Government approved Indian Security Act to have greater control on the Indian people.
1/14/1980Indira Gandhi was sworn in as the Prime Minister of India. She held the office till she was assassinated on October 31, 1984.
11/12/2000Huge voter turnout for Congress Presidential poll. Seven top BSF and IAF officials die after their MI8 helicopter crashes near Lakhpat in the Rann of Kutch in Gujarat.
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2/7/1864P. S. S. Iyyer, famous lawyer and educationalist, was born.