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30/05/2015 GMT

We speak to the mother who gave birth to India's billionth baby, and the dancer who performed for Louis Armstrong on his trip to Ghana in the 1950s.

In this edition of Witness, Tanya Beckett brings us the month's round-up of history through the eyes of people who were there. We speak to the mother who gave birth to India's billionth baby, the woman who celebrated VE day in London 70 years ago and the dancer who performed for Louis Armstrong on his trip to Ghana in the 1950s.

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