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Historical Event on 11/18/1936
V. O. Chidambaram Pillai, great freedom fighter, social reformer, politician, prolific writer and leader, died.
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| 1/2/1947 | Mahatma Gandhi met Lord Bevin, the personal emissary of British Prime Minister Winston Churchil, in Delhi. Beven is reported to have told the great man, ''Eighteen languages, 500 dialects, some 30 religions, a million Gods and Goddesses, 300 million individuals, an infinity of castes and sub castes, and a population (that is) practically illiterate and half of which (are) beggars or thieves... Good luck, sir! Such a nation is ungovernable! It'd take you centuries to get anywhere!''. Gandhiji wrapped his large, white shawl a little more closely around him, and modestly replied, 'India has eternity before her.. and ""All around me is utter darkness"". |
| 8/1/1899 | Kamala Nehru, wife of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, great revolutionary freedom fighter and social worker, was born. |
| 12/7/1999 | Nareshwar Dayal is appointed India's High Commissioner to UK. |
| 11/10/1659 | Chhatrapati Shivaji killed Afzal Khan near Pratapgad Fort by a clever but undignified move. |
| 9/17/1899 | First British troops leave Bombay for South Africa. |
| 1/23/1999 | An Australian missionary, Graham Stewart Staines, and his two sons Philip and Timothy are burnt to death by miscreants near Manoharpur village in Orissa's Keonjhar district. |
| 8/13/1956 | National Highways Act was approved by the Parliament of India. |
| 11/9/2000 | The 17-day old Manohar Parrikar led BJP Government in Goa wins the trust vote. |
| 11/9/2000 | The first visit of Jesuit Priest of Goa in the Court of Emperor Akbar at Fatehpur Sikri. |
| 6/4/1926 | Dalai Lama introduces a tax on ears for Tibetans to equip the army. Those with only one ear will pay half the tax. |
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