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Historical Event on 1/15/1977

Rashid Ahmed Siddiqui, modern Urdu writer, passed away.

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12/16/1992The Parliament adopts resolution condemning the demolition of the mosque at Ayodhya and centre appoints a one-man judicial commission to enquire into the Ayodhya incidents.
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