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Historical Event on 4/18/1917
Gandhi saw one of his testing grounds of Satyagraha in Champaran. He defied section 144 of Criminal Act.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/21/1903 | Bhalchandra Digambar Garware, famous industrailist, was born. |
| 7/15/1987 | Rajiv Gandhi,Congress President, expels V. C. Shukla, Arif Mohammed Khan and Arun Nehru from Congress for anti-party activities. |
| 3/31/1993 | J.N. Dixit, Foreign Secretary, visits Myanmar and signs agreements on trade, control of drug trafficking and separatist movements along the borders. |
| 4/14/1772 | Ahmadshah Abdali passed away. |
| 2/19/1997 | Massive blowout in ONGC oil field at Devarapally, A.P. |
| 8/18/1995 | Parvati Giri, also called the Little Mother Teresa, died in Orissa. She was 69. She was a social worker and had taken part during the Quit India movement. |
| 9/4/1984 | Air Chief Marshal L. M. Katre, PVSM, AVSM and Bar, became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 01/07/1985. |
| 1/25/2000 | The Government awards Padma Vibhushan to R.K. Narayan, Dr.M.S. Gill; Padma Bhushan for Rajnikant and Padmashri for A.R. Rehman. |
| 12/24/1988 | Jaynendra Kumar, famous Hindi novelist, died. |
| 1/19/1697 | Maharana Pratap, the founder of Mewad and eminent personality, passed away. |
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