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Historical Event on 12/10/1761

Maharani Tarabai of Pune died at Satara.(9 or 10).

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10/30/1996Pop star Michael Jackson arrives in Bombay.
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10/22/1997Faced with unprecedented Presidential rebuff, a divided U.F. Government reversed decision on invoking Article 356 in Uttar Pradesh. Kalyan Singh government survived.
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9/29/1993National Human Rights Commission set up.
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