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Historical Event on 11/18/1937
1,100 prisoners freed after appeal by Gandhi, his first political act in year.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/13/1963 | Indian Govenment announced 'Arjun Awards' to boost the morale of various sports personalities. |
| 6/5/1975 | Ramsing, great freedom fighter and editor of `Navyug Patrika', passed away. |
| 1/16/1988 | L. K. Jha, famous economist and member of Rajya Sabha, died. |
| 7/5/1999 | Two buses, which were inaugurated from Dhaka, arrive in Calcutta. |
| 3/8/1941 | Sir Jorge Abraham Gearson, philologist and archealogist, passed away. |
| 3/21/1966 | Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-P3) placed into polar orbit. This carries remote sensing payload and an X-ray astronomy payload. Launched by third developmental flight of India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-D3) which is for launching 1,000-1,200 kg class of remote sensing satellites into polar sun-synchronous orbit. Still in service. |
| 12/25/1964 | Indian Ocean hurricane kills 4,000 in Ceylon, 3,000 in Indian province of Madras. |
| 7/7/1999 | M.L. Jaisimha, former Indian Test cricketer, died in Hyderabad. |
| 8/8/1948 | Dr. Yellapragada Subbarow, saintly scientist and nobel prize winner, passed away at Pearl River, New York. |
| 11/18/1974 | Rajni Pannikar,noted story writer, passed away. |
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