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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 |
| 12/25/1999 | An Indian Airlines aircraft with 187 passengers on board is hijacked. The plane was going from Katmandu to New Delhi. It lands near Abu Dhabi after several hops. |
| 11/6/1946 | P. S. Shivswami Iyyer, great politician and administrator, passed away. |
| 7/1/1955 | S. P. Kampani, was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 18-07-1957. |
| 11/7/1974 | South Africa beats India in Women's Open in 63rd Tennis Davis Cup. |
| 4/5/1944 | 221 Advance Base Depots laid down their lives to repulse several waves of Japanese attacks and succeeded in safe evacuation of Ordnance stores to an alternate site. |
| 5/15/1873 | The proposal to dissolve East India Company was passed in England. |
| 4/16/1997 | Govt. orders foreign and domestic airlines to install air safety systems by the end of 1998. Aircraft with more than 30 seats that do not have Airborne Collision Avoidance System and transponders not to be allowed into Indian airpace from 1/1/99. |
| 12/27/1898 | Shamrao Desmukh, former Central Minister and Agriculture expert , was born. |
| 8/30/1991 | Dr. P. J. Devras, friend of snakes, passed away. |
| 1/1/1910 | Rajnath Pandey, great writer and educationist, was born in Pindra, Varanasi (U.P.). |
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