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Historical Event on 1/18/1936
Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936), famous English writer and author, died in Burwash, England at 70. He was a young journalist in British India. He wrote in verses, stories, novels childen's stories some of these were ""The Jungle Book, Kim and Just-50 stories"" and was honoured with the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907 for 'Kim' (Indian based story).
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| 9/23/1990 | World Bank clears Rs.1,200 crore aid for Sarovar Dam rejecting objections raised by environmental groups. |
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