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Mother Teresa arrives by sea in Calcutta, India, to begin her work among India's poorest and sick people.

Historical image related to Mother Teresa arrives by sea in Calcutta, India, to begin her work among India's poorest and sick people. from January 6, 1929

Mother Teresa

Albanian-Indian Catholic saint (1910–1997)

Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu, better known as Mother Teresa or Saint Mother Teresa, was an Albanian-Indian Catholic nun, founder of the Missionaries of Charity and is a Catholic saint. Born in Skopje, then part of the Ottoman Empire, she was raised in a devoutly Catholic family. At the…
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Kolkata

Capital of West Bengal, India

Kolkata, also known as Calcutta, is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of West Bengal. It lies on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River, 80 km (50 mi) west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary financial and commercial centre of eastern and northeastern…
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January 6

Day of the year

January 6 is the sixth day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 359 days remain until the end of the year.
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