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Historical Event on 3/18/1974

Buddhadev Basu, modern Bengali poet, story writer, playwright and critic, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/31/1986Bombay Telephone Nigam renamed as Mahanagar Telephone Nigam.
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1/3/1997Congress President Sitaram Kesri elected leader of Congress Parliamentary Party, and Sharad Pawar appointed leader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha.
8/20/1933Mahatma Gandhi is rushed to the hospital on the fourth day of his latest fast.
3/16/1999The Shiromani Akali Dal creates a record by unanimously electing Bibi Jagir Kaur Begowal as the first woman president of the SGPC.
8/15/1985Accord reached on the Assam foreign nationals issue, agitation called off.
3/27/1767Khanderao Holkar, one of the Generals in Peshwa kingdom, passed away.
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5/27/1997Sri Lanka claims Independence Cup, winning the second match in the best-of-three finals in Calcutta.