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Historical Event on 3/18/1996
President confers gallantry awards on 65 personnel of the defence forces.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/2/1930 | Vasudev Govind Apte, editor and dictrionay creator, passed away. |
| 10/14/1930 | The Flag of Freedom' or 'Swaraj Toran' a feature film produced by Prabhat Film Co.Kolhapur was prohibited by the Censor Board on October 14, 1930 on the grounds that it was objectionable in the existing political situation. The film, however, was cleared only after deleting certain portions and the title changed to 'Udaykal'. |
| 9/29/1993 | National Human Rights Commission set up. |
| 11/18/1948 | Nearly 500 people were drowned when the ferry steamer Narayan River capsized and sank in the Ganga near Patna. |
| 6/17/1996 | Balasahab Devras, Sarsangha Chalak of Rashtriya Sawyamsewak Sangh, died. |
| 9/22/1931 | Gandhi meets Charlie Chaplin in London. |
| 11/18/1937 | Rajinder Pal, cricketer (pace bowler in one Test India v Eng, 0-22), was born in Delhi. |
| 1/16/1966 | Sadhu Thanwardas Lilaram Vaswani, noted thinker and saint poet, great orator, professor and prolific writer, died at Pune. |
| 9/14/1953 | Andhra Pradesh was established. Hyderabad became the capital instead of Karnul. |
| 12/1/1994 | Assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. |
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