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Historical Event on 6/18/1917
Lachhmansingh Gill, famous politician and former chief minister, was born.
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| 2/14/1994 | V. P. Singh elected JD Chief in place of S.R. Bommai who stepped down. |
| 5/25/1915 | Mahatma Gandhi established Sabarmati Ashram near Ahmedabad. |
| 5/7/1994 | Dr. S.P. Tripathy, Director-General of ICMR, retired after 32 years of distinguished service in the ICMR, and Dr. G.V. Satyavati took over as the new Director-General of ICMR in July 1994. She became the first woman scientist in the country to head not only ICMR but any Research agency in independent India. |
| 6/22/1935 | Vaman Viswanath Kumar, cricketer (useful Madras leggie who only played 2 Tests), was born in Madras. |
| 8/25/1919 | Bindeshwari Prasad Mandal, former Chief Minister of Bihar and President of Mandal Commission, was born. |
| 5/4/1959 | Nehru rejects proposals that India and Pakistan resolve their differences and set up a common alliance against Communist China. |
| 7/31/1992 | Sitar maestro Pt. Ravishankar wins the Magsaysay Award. |
| 7/18/1909 | Vishnu Dey, Gyanpeeth awardee and famous Bengali poet, was born. |
| 4/26/1762 | Shyam Shastri, musician and a great artist of India, was born at Tiruvarur. |
| 1/15/1898 | Nanasaheb Ramji Tawde, educationist and scientist, was born at Taluq Malvan, Maharashtra. |
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