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Historical Event on 5/18/1974
Jayaprakash Narayan led a procession against economic conditions in Patna. There was lathi charged and he issued a call for total revolution. He also started the 'Citizens for Democracy' movement.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/23/1984 | An Air-India jumbo jet plunged into the Atlantic Ocean near Ireland today, killing all 329 people on board. Indian officials said the crash apparently was caused by a bomb placed aboard the jetliner by a Sikh extremist group as retaliation for an army raid. |
| 1/30/1785 | Sir Charles Metkaff, governor general of East India Company, was born. |
| 2/27/1854 | Lord Dalhousie captured Jhansi under the East India Company. |
| 3/22/1971 | Shri Hanuman Prasad Poddar, great social reformer, revolutionary and poet, passed away. |
| 4/22/1921 | Subhas Chandra Bose, resigned from Indian Civil Service, and formed South Calcutta Sevak Samiti after returning to India. He was also arrested for carrying our freedom movement. |
| 9/3/1997 | Indore bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court directs the state government to pay an ex-gratia of Rs. 50,000 to the family of a college student, who had committed suicide following ragging in the hostel. |
| 9/3/1997 | The first visit of Jesuit Priest of Goa in the Court of Emperor Akbar at Fatehpur Sikri. |
| 11/9/1871 | Padmnath Gohain, litterateur of modern Assamia Barua, was born. |
| 5/21/1855 | Rani Rasmoni was consecrated at Bhabatarini Kali Temple of Dakhineswar. |
| 11/17/1835 | James Todd, researcher and writer of Rajput history, passed away. |
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