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Historical Event on 11/18/1973
Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry, passed away. She came to India in 1914.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/12/1970 | Major flood in Alaknanda river resulted in sweeping of buses and claimed 600 lives. |
| 2/3/1994 | Akash' missile launched successfully. |
| 2/2/1959 | Indira Gandhi was elected the president of the ruling Congress Executive Party. Thereby Congress spilt,and leftist formed Swantantra Party. |
| 1/26/1997 | Mizoram becomes a dry state, the fourth, after Gujarat, AP and Haryana. |
| 11/29/1953 | Benegal Narsing Rau, foremost Indian Jurist of his time, passed away at Zurich. He performed some very prominent duties towards the nation. He was Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir and a judge at the Permanent Court of International Justice at Hague. |
| 4/18/1858 | Bharatratna Dhondo Keshav Karve, great educationalist and social reformer, was born. |
| 3/23/2000 | Udham Singh (72), hockey legend, died at his home town in Sansarpur (near Jalandhar). |
| 1/17/1922 | T. A. Pai, former Central Minister and bank expert, was born. |
| 4/27/1942 | Gandhi condemns stationing of U.S. troops in India. |
| 8/21/1972 | A law was passed for protecting wild animals, including lions and tigers, from extinction. |
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