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Events in the year 1992 in the Republic of India.
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- ↑ "Special: Death in the bottle: Kerala's illegal liquor tragedy". Rediff.com. 2 November 2000. Retrieved 9 July 2010.
- ↑ Patnaik, Lalmohan (30 October 2011). "HC confirms lifer for hooch case kingpin". The Telegraph. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
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