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Historical Event on 2/18/1925
Krishna Sobati, famous Hindi authoress, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 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"". |
| 7/9/1996 | A Delhi court summoned former Prime Minister Narsimha Rao to face trial as an accused in the Lakhubhai Pathak cheating case in which godman Chandraswami was already facing trial. |
| 2/9/1931 | A set of six stamps were issued during the inauguration of New Delhi. |
| 4/16/1976 | The govt. announces its new birth-control program to curb population growth. |
| 4/5/1922 | Pandita Ramabai, social worker and philosophist, passed away. |
| 6/11/1999 | India provided incontrovertible tape evidence of Pakistan's involvement in the Kargil sector. The Indian army killed 23 intruders in the Batalik and Dras sectors but lost 15 of its men. |
| 8/15/1965 | Television starts in New Delhi. |
| 3/27/1845 | Wilhelm Conrad Von Roentgen, professor and first nobel prize winner, was born at Lennep, Germany. |
| 9/30/1990 | Former Dy PM Devilal submits his letter of resignation. |
| 5/15/1949 | Matsya Union formally merged with Greater Rajasthan. |
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