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Historical Event on 1/18/1938
The last batch of the political prisioners sailed back to the mainland from the Cellular Jail.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/15/1932 | Suresh Shridhar Bhat, famous poet, was born. |
| 4/13/1963 | Babu Gulab Rai, famous hindi critic, passed away. |
| 11/12/1880 | Senapati Bapat (Pandurang Mahadev), armed freedom fighter, was born in Parnar (Maharashtra). |
| 3/22/1996 | Golden Temple renamed Harmandir Sahib (its original name meaning 'abode of God'). |
| 12/4/1998 | Ilayaraja, nusic composer, selected for the Lata Mangeshkar award instituted by the Madhya Pradesh Government. |
| 5/19/1953 | State to control production and distribution of minerals involved in atomic energy development. |
| 3/6/1997 | Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation (IOR-ARC) inaugurated in Mauritius. |
| 5/23/1914 | The British India Steamship Co. and the Peninsular and Oriental Steamship Co. announced their amalgamation at London. |
| 1/26/1965 | Hindi Language is accepted as National language of India. |
| 4/11/1997 | 10-month-old Deve Gowde govt. at the centre voted out of power. 292 voting against the motion of confidence in Lok Sabha, 158 for it, 6 abstaining. |
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