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Historical Event on 11/18/1997
Puttaveeramma of Ishwatha Ashrama Vidyaranyapuram, Vishveshwara Nagar, Mysore, conferred with the 'Rajiv Gandhi Manav Seva Award 1997' for lifelong exemplary service to poor destitute women, in particular deaf and dumb girl children.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/21/1929 | Indian National Congress convenes in Lahore. |
| 4/4/1889 | Makhanlal Chaturvedi, famous Hindi poet, writer, Hindi litterateur and President of All India, was born in Babai village, Madhya Pradesh. |
| 4/4/1889 | Shahjahan, great mughal emperor of India, was born at Lahore. |
| 4/21/1805 | Defitiniv treaty between Anandrao Gaikwad and Britishers. |
| 8/1/1970 | Former Beatle George Harrison led an all-star entourage of rock talent through two sold-out shows at New York's Madison Square Garden tonight, in a benefit for Bangladesh refugees. More than 40,000 attended the concerts, and Harrison hoped to donate $250,000 to the cause. The shows opened with sets of Indian music by sitarist Ravi Shankar, then moved through songs featuring Harrison, Eric Clapton, Billy Preston, Leon Russell, and another ex-Beatle, Ringo Starr. But the evening's most ecstatic ovations were reserved for the unexpected appearance of Bob Dylan. |
| 7/15/1955 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was announced to be given to Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964) by the President of India, Dr. Rajendra Prasad. |
| 1/30/1996 | Maharashtra govt. decides to make school education free up to 10th standard. |
| 7/19/1955 | Roger Michael Humphery Binny, Indian medium-pace all-rounder early eighties, was born at Bangalore. |
| 4/12/1997 | Maharashtra assembly adopts bill banning interviews for admitting students to pre-primary schools. |
| 12/28/1926 | Shirish Kumar, freedom figher, was born. |
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