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Historical Event on 03/03/1575
A battle was fought at Turkra or Turkra Qasba (in the Balasore district) in which the Afghans were routed.
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| 12/1/1885 | Dattatreya Balkrishna Kalelkar, famous Gandhian Gujrathi llitterateur and educationist, was born at Satara in Maharashtra. |
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| 12/15/1974 | Rasulatbai, veteran classical music expert, died. |
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