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Historical Event on 9/11/1893

Swami Vivekananda represented Hinduism at Chicago's Parliament of the World's Religions, the first ever inter-faith gathering, dramatically enlightening Western opinion to the depth of Hindu philosophy and culture. He spoke for the first time in Chicago.

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7/28/1946Sister Alphonsa, good teacher and social worker, died at Bharananganam.
6/22/1993Ordinance to amend Consumer Act was issued; Government doctors and hospitals were kept out of its ambit.
8/20/1933Mahatma Gandhi is rushed to the hospital on the fourth day of his latest fast.
6/24/1946Congress party rejects British plan for provisional govt. pending constitution in New Delhi.
8/15/1997Freedom fighter's pension to be doubled from the existing Rs. 1,500.
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