[#40] Sync develop branch with master

[praveen-kanamarlapudi]

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GitHub Issue

Fixes #40

Checklist:

• This pull request updates the documentation
• This pull request changes library dependencies
• Title of the PR is of format (example) : [[#14] Add Issue Template #17] Add Issue Template

What is the purpose of this pull request?

Moving all changes from master to develop, so the future pull requests will go to develop.

How was this change validated?

NA

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• My commits all reference GH issues in their subject lines, and I have squashed multiple commits if they address the same issue. In addition, my commits follow the guidelines from "How to write a good git commit message":
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  4. Subject uses the imperative mood ("add", not "adding")
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[ayushiagarwal]

LGTM