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Historical Event on 5/29/1658
Dara Shukoh was utterly defeated by Aurangzeb in the battle of Samugarh near Agra.
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| 10/29/1929 | Vyankat Chalaiyya Manipalli Narayan Chalaiyya, Chief Justice of Supreme Court, was born. |
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| 8/2/1980 | Ramshankar Baij, great sculptor, died. |
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