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Maj. Bahuguna died shortly after the arrival of the rescue squad. He was 37 years old at the time of his death. Newspaper reports had then attributed the cause of death due to dehydration, injuries and exposure to cold after being stranded for four days. The freak
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had died fourteen years before. As a tribute to both the brothers, the auditorium at the Nehru
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