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Historical Event on 5/6/1922

Chhatrapati Rajarshi Shahu, great revolutionary, freedom fighter and social reformer of Kolhapur, passed away at Bombay. He was 48.

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1/29/1912Judge A.N. Ray, Chief Justice and Supreme Court of India, was born.
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