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Historical Event on 4/18/1956

India, Indonesia, Burma, Ceylon and Pakistan meet in New Delhi to reaffirm their faith in Bandung Principles.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/7/1990President returns the Indian Post Office (Amendment) Bills of 1986 to Parliament at the instance of the Government.
7/30/1987Rajiv Gandhi escaped an attack on him at Colombo.
7/25/1982Gyani Zail Singh became 7th President of India. He held the office till July 25, 1987.
10/1/1894Sudhi Ranjan Das, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born in Calcutta.
9/15/1948The India flag carrying vessel reached Bombay Port.
10/11/1902Loknayak Jayprakash Harsudayal Narayan, veteran socialist leader, was born at Sitabdiara village (border of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar) in Bihar. He was awarded Bharat Ratna on Dec. 23, 1998 and played a key role in formation of Janta Party which defeated Indian National Congress for the first time.
10/19/1888Namakkal Kavignar, Gandhian poet and painter, was born at Mohanur in Salem.
11/12/1984Rajiv Gandhi elected Congress (I) President.
11/5/1929Narottam Morarjee, great social reformer and the architect of the modern Indian Shipping, died.
9/6/1657Shahjahan fell ill. His four sons Dara Shikoh, Suja, Aurangzeb and Murad advanced towards Delhi to capture the throne.