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Historical Event on 8/1/1922
Ratilal Sankalchand Nayak, educationist and writer, was born at Kadi, Gujarat .
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| 9/30/1687 | Aurangzeb acquired the famous Golconda fort near Hyderabad from the Qutub Shahi Sultan Tana Shah due to the treachery of his General Panni. |
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| 9/24/1947 | Pakistani raiders invade Kashmir. |
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