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Historical Event on 6/18/1974

Govinddas Seth, Hindi litterateur and politician, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/28/1943Netaji Subash Chandra Bose aligned the Japanese-German submarine at Medagaskar.
5/18/1974First underground Atomic device explosion for India was carried out successfully near Pokhran in Rajasthan (Thar Desert) at 8:05 a.m. This event made India as the 6th nation to explode an atomic bomb.
10/5/1993Geet Sethi retained World Billiards title by beating Mike Russel.
12/28/1688Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb demolishes all temples (around 1,000) in Mathura. (During their reign, Muslim rulers had destroyed roughly 60,000 Hindu temples throughout India, constructing mosques on 3,000 sites).
12/23/1900Charansingh Chaudhary, former Prime Minister of India and a farmer's leader, was born.
6/24/1901John Thottam (Sir Marry Benigna C.D.) Marry, great poetess and teacher, was born in Elangi village at Kerala.
10/10/1964Olympics opened at Tokyo
2/9/1942Chiang Kai-Shek meets Sir Stafford Cripps, British Viceroy in India.
2/13/1994Troops moved to Uttar Pradesh to quell caste violence.
11/3/1986Dr. Indrachandra Shastri, versatile in Sanskrit and Pali, died.