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   2024(2 years ago)

   Following the non-cooperation movement against the government of Bangladesh, Bangladeshi prime minister Sheikh Hasina resigns and flees the country, ending her rule of 15 consecutive years and a total of almost two decades. The date is also known as 36 July.

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   2021(5 years ago)

   Australia's second most populous state Victoria enters its sixth COVID-19 lockdown, enacting stage four restrictions statewide in reaction to six new COVID-19 cases recorded that morning.

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   2019(7 years ago)

   The revocation of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir (state) occurred and the state was bifurcated into two union territories (Jammu and Kashmir (union territory) and Ladakh).

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   2016(10 years ago)

   The 31st modern Olympic Games took place in Rio de Janiero, lasting until August 21.

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   The Street of Crocodiles

   Bruno Schulz · 2025 · 136p

   ''The Street of Crocodiles'' by Bruno Schulz (1892-1942) was first published in Polish in 1934; this English translation was first published in the US by Walker and Company in 1963, public domain. A novel that blends the real and the fantas

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   Taras Bulba

   Nikolái V. Gogol · 2006 · 154p

   Feroces, crueles, valientes y apasionados, los cosacos hacen temblar la estepa bajo los cascos de sus caballos. Y entre ellos se encuentra Taras Bulba, un anciano lleno aún de fuerza e inteligencia que junto a sus hijos, Ostap y Andrí, avan

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   Oliver Twist

   Charles Dickens · 2019 · 220p

   JAICO ILLUSTARTED CLASSICS SERIES is a collection of beloved children’s classics read by generations all over the world. Rich with adventures and thrills, these immortal stories with vivid illustrations are designed to delight young readers

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   The Last Man

   Mary Shelley · 2019 · 532p

   First published in 1826, The Last Man is an apocalyptic sci-ence fiction work by Mary Shelley. A courtly society at the crossroads between monarchy and republic is afflicted by a serious epidemic that threatens the survival of all mankind.