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Historical Event on 11/8/1966

Rameshwari Nehru, freedom fighter and social worker, died at 80 years in New Delhi. She founded ""Stree-Darpan"" Magazine in 1909 and was president of ""Indian Women Association"". She had received Lenin Peace Prize in 1961 for her humanitarian services for upliftment of the down

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