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Historical Event on 12/31/1956

Pandit Ravishankar Shukla, former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, lawyer, politician and social worker, died at the age of 80.

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9/29/19881988 Nobel Peace Prize for U.N. Peace-Keeping Forces.
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