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Historical Event on 9/18/1867
Ganganendranath Tagore, great painter, patriot and artist, was born in Calcutta.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/27/1962 | Ravishankar Jayadritha Shastri, cricketer (Indian SLA all-rounder 1981-92), was born in Bombay. |
| 11/18/1911 | Free primary school education is introduced. |
| 11/1/2000 | T. R. Prasad was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He holds this office till date. |
| 11/1/2000 | Sjihab al-Din Sultan Choerram Sjah Djahan, leader of India, was born. |
| 5/16/1998 | India rejects China's charges on N-tests. |
| 11/1/1956 | Indian Government re-organizes the states according to linguistic principles and inaugurates second Five-Year Plan. The states declared were Madhya Pradesh, Punjab by merging Patiala & PEPSU, Mumbai was divided in Gujarat, Maharashtra and Karnataka. Union Territories namely Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshdeep Minikai and Amin Divi were approved. |
| 8/6/1962 | Peking agrees to talks with India to settle border disputes. |
| 7/10/1997 | Rafiq Sadiq, Congress(I) leader, escapes attempt on life when armed militants ambush motorcade near Achabal in South Anantnag, Kashmir valley. |
| 9/15/1912 | Rusi Karanjia, journalist and publisher, was born. |
| 12/16/2000 | Kalyan Banerjee becomes the first Indian to head the Rotary Foundation, one of the richest bodies of the Rotary International. |
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