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Historical Event on 8/15/1925

Sadashiv Pandurang Jantre, great freedom fighter and social worker, was born .

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9/4/1947Gandhiji breaks fast.
7/28/1921The All-India Congress Party votes to boycott a forthcoming visit by the Prince of Wales and urges a boycott of imported cloth.