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Historical Event on 9/26/1820
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (Banerji), great Indian educationist, social reformer, litterateur, father of Bengali prose and who gave the Bengalees their first Primer in 1855, was born in the village of Birsingha in Midnapore district of Bengal.
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| 9/19/1965 | Government extends ultimatum to India to dismantle forts within four days in China. |
| 1/3/1912 | Shantiprasad Jain, famous industrialist, was born. |
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