On This Day for January 19 - Rule in India transferred to Indira Gandhi, Paul Cézanne is featured, and more ~ Historian Fact

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On This Day for January 19 - Rule in India transferred to Indira Gandhi, Paul Cézanne is featured, and more

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January 19

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Paul Cézanne

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1966

Rule in India transferred to Indira Gandhi

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