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The Mahabharata: A Saga of Dharma and Conflict

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The Mahabharata: A Saga of Dharma and Conflict

An Epic Journey into Duty, Destiny, and the Kurukshetra War

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On this calendar date

Bharat

2025
Air India Flight 171 (wreckage pictured) crashed shortly after take-off in Ahmedabad, India, killing 260 people.
2010
Sixteen-year-old Abby Sunderland was rescued after her boat was dismasted in the Indian Ocean while trying to become the youngest sailor around the world.
1991
More than 150 Sri Lankan Tamil civilians were massacred by members of the military in the village of Kokkadichcholai.
1981
Raiders of the Lost Ark, the first film in the Indiana Jones franchise, was released.
1240
The Disputation of Paris, in which four rabbis defended the Talmud against Nicholas Donin's accusations of blasphemy, began in the court of King Louis IX.

World

2016
An Islamic terrorist killed 49 people in a mass shooting at the gay nightclub Pulse in Orlando, Florida.
1999
In the aftermath of the bombing of Yugoslavia and the Kosovo War, the NATO-led Kosovo Force entered the territory with a mandate of establishing a secure environment.
1994
The Boeing 777, the world's largest twinjet, made its maiden flight.
1987
Cold War: During a speech at the Brandenburg Gate by the Berlin Wall, US president Ronald Reagan challenged Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to "tear down this wall!" (speech featured).
1978
American serial killer David Berkowitz, popularly known as the "Son of Sam", was sentenced to 25-years-to-life in prison for each of six killings.
1967
The U.S. Supreme Court struck down laws restricting interracial marriage in the landmark civil rights case Loving v. Virginia.

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