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Historical Event on 7/18/1987
Arun Singh, union minister of state for defence, resigns from the cabinet.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/22/1872 | Meera Behn (Medlin Slade), freedom fighter, was born at England. |
| 10/24/1994 | Justice Ahmad Mushabber Ahmadi sworn in as Chief Justice of India. |
| 11/23/1993 | 'The Bullshit'', a Turkish film, wins the Golden Elephant award at the 8th International Childrens film festival in Udaipur. |
| 7/21/1993 | Jayalalitha ends fast, Centre to set up a committee; Karnataka rejects the proposal. |
| 1/27/1888 | Jinvijayji Muni, famous Shwetambar Jain Yati, was born. |
| 1/27/1931 | Mahatma Gandhi was released from jail, ending eight months of imprisonment for his campaign of civil disobedience against British rule. To avoid demonstrations, Gandhi was released late in the evening from the Yerovda jail and put on a night train to Bombay. There was hope in British circles that the release of Gandhi would end the strife and lead to discussions of dominion status. Gandhi made clear, however, that he would persist in his civil disobedience campaign. |
| 8/23/1958 | Marathwada University was started. |
| 5/21/1990 | Moelvi Muhammad Farouk, great Indian spiritual leader, was murdered. |
| 7/20/1924 | Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar established Bahishkrit Hitkarni Sabha. |
| 11/22/1916 | Shanti Ghosh, great revolutionary freedom fighter, was born at Calcutta. She was one of the accused in famous Chargaon ammunition plot and assassination of General Lemen, Inspector General of Dhaka. |
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