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Historical Event on 9/18/1992
M. Hidayatullah, former Vice President and Chief Justice, died. He was 87.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/6/2000 | Telecom workers launch a nation-wide strike in protest against inadequate safeguards prior to the corporatisation of the department from October 1. |
| 1/12/1946 | De-monetisation of currency notes of the value of Rs. 500 and above. |
| 12/27/1797 | Mirza Ghalib, great urdu poet and writer, was born at Agra. |
| 7/9/1938 | Sanjeev Kumar, famous Hindi film actor, was born. |
| 6/18/1940 | Forward Block Party was established. |
| 1/8/2000 | Abhin Shyam Gupta and B.R. Meenakshi win the NSCI Grand Prix all India badminton tournament in Mumbai. |
| 1/4/1937 | R. Surendranath, cricketer (Indian pace bowler in 11 Tests early 60s), was born in Meerut. |
| 3/20/1959 | For the first time, officials of the Indian government confirmed reports of widespread resistance to the Chinese occupying forces in Tibet. Open warfare erupted in the capital city of Lhasa. |
| 6/23/1984 | An Air-India jumbo jet plunged into the Atlantic Ocean near Ireland today, killing all 329 people on board. Indian officials said the crash apparently was caused by a bomb placed aboard the jetliner by a Sikh extremist group as retaliation for an army raid. |
| 5/6/1861 | Motilal Gangadhar Nehru, great Indian lawyer, political leader and social reformer, was born at Agra. |
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