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Historical Event on 11/18/1972

Tiger was adopted as India's 'National Animal'

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/17/1997K.R. Narayanan,Vice President, wins in the Presidential election with a record margin to become the next head of state.
2/23/1997Justice J. S. Verma appointed Chief Justice of India.
6/22/1994Law for the betterment of women introduced.
2/18/1945Kal Yug' era passed away.
4/27/1942Gandhi condemns stationing of U.S. troops in India.
8/3/1967Rasiklal Das, great revolutionary, died.
6/4/1994Army successfully test-fires the short range surface-to-surface missile, 'Prithvi'.
11/30/1989Congress (I) emerges largest party in Lok Sabha by winning 193 seats, Congress (I) rule in Karnataka and Veerendra Patil made the Chief Minister.
6/5/1984Operation 'Blue Star' was launched by Indira Gandhi. Indian commandos stormed into Sikh's holiest gurudwara Golden Temple in Amritsar to flush out the terrorists and other anti-government elements. Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and over 325 people were killed in the temple. Thus a great rebel arose all over the nation and specially in Punjab.
1/3/1987Arvind Deshpande, famous actor, died.