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Historical Event on 4/18/1612
Marriage of Shahjahan and Mumtaj Mahal.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/8/1897 | Lokmanya Tilak charged in anti-national activity case. |
| 10/1/1886 | Baluchisthan became a part of India. |
| 10/24/1930 | Raj Bagri, Indies and British merchant in metal, was born. |
| 3/1/1775 | Purandhar Treaty was singed between Nana Phadnavis and British Army. |
| 4/1/1976 | Television was separated from radio, and Doordarshan Corporation was established. |
| 3/29/1942 | Britain offered dominion status to India after the war if it cooperated now. |
| 4/7/1962 | Umrigar slams 172* vs WI at Port-of-Spain in 248 minutes. |
| 10/15/1931 | Avil Pakir Jalaluddin Abdul Kalam better known as "APJ", famous Indian scientist, was born in the temple town of Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu. He is the pioneer of India's missile programme and was awarded the country's highest civilian award, Bharat Ratna, in 1997, for his immense and valuable contribution to scientific research and modernisation of defence technol |
| 1/17/1923 | Rangey Raghav, famous hindi writer, was born. |
| 9/18/1924 | Mahatma Gandhi was to fast for 21 days in despair of the recent riots between Muslims and Hindus. It was an expression of his 'unbearable hopelessnes'. ""Nothing I say or write,"" he said, ""can bring the two communities together."" Even as he spoke there were reports of further riots at Kohat, in which 20 Hindus and 11 Muslims were killed. Reservations, Gandhi speaking in Allahabad said, reserved the right to drink water with or without salt. ""It is both a penance and a prayer. As it is penance I need not have taken the public into my confidence but I publish it as, let me hope, an effective prayer to Hindus and Muslims, not to commit suicide"". |
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