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Historical Event on 9/18/1958

Dr. Bhagwan Das, great philosopher, freedom fighter, Hindi writer, politician and litterateur, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/24/1992India's Leander Paes defeats Britain's Jeremy Bates in the Davis Cup tie in New Delhi.
9/6/1995Meenatai Thackrey, social worker and Matoshree of Shivsainik's, passed away.
6/26/1906M.P. Sivagnanam, famous Tamil writer and social worker, was born at Madras.
12/29/1965First Indian-made tank 'Vijayanta' rolled off the Avadi Heavy Vehicles factory.
9/29/1959Arati Saha successfully swam the English Channel. She was the first Asian lady to achieve the feat.
10/31/1997Balmiki Prasad Singh takes over as Union Home Secretary. He succeeds K. Padmanabhaiah.
9/18/1867Ganganendranath Tagore, great painter, patriot and artist, was born in Calcutta.
6/13/1992Purushottam Diwakar Dhavle, famous journalist, passed away.
2/23/1998The Samajwadi Party candidate for the Motihari Lok Sabha seat, Mr. Devendra Nath Dubey, is shot dead at Baniarpur in Patna.
9/6/1996A Delhi court says there are grounds for framing charges of criminal conspiracy and corruption against L.K. Advani.