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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 |
12/29/1975 | D.K. Barooah elected Congress President. |
10/28/1998 | Ghulam Ahmed, former Indian cricket captain, died in Hyderabad. |
6/30/1965 | Cease-fire was agreed under UN auspices between India and Pakistan, who signed treaty to stop the war at Rann of Kutch. |
7/1/1992 | Truck operators begin nation-wide strike to press for the abolition of toll tax and octroi. |
5/23/1942 | Lt Gen Joseph Stilwell and his men arrive at Dimapur, having retreated 150 miles (240 km) through the Burmese jungle. `We took a hell of a beating,' he said. |
10/13/1989 | Panchayati Raj and Nagarpalika Bills defeated in Rajya Sabha. |
10/15/1994 | SROSS-C2, Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-P2), which carried remote sensing payload, was placed in orbit. It was the second developmental launch of PSLV. |
9/9/1941 | Syed Abid Ali, great Indian medium pace-bowler and all-rounder, was born at Hyderabad. |
5/27/1990 | Om Prakash Chautala, former CM, wins Mehem by-election. |
1/24/1995 | Congress (I) suspends Arjun Singh from the party. |
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