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Historical Event on 5/30/1826
The first Hindi newspaper 'Udant Martand' was published from Calcutta under the Editorship of Pandit Shridhar Shukla.
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| 12/10/1918 | Rowlatt Act introduced by Lord Chelmsford. |
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| 8/26/1874 | Ishwar Sharan Munshi, politician and philosopher, was born. |
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| 12/8/1857 | Mohsini from Delhi was hanged in jail. |
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