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Historical Event on 1/18/1936
Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936), famous English writer and author, died in Burwash, England at 70. He was a young journalist in British India. He wrote in verses, stories, novels childen's stories some of these were ""The Jungle Book, Kim and Just-50 stories"" and was honoured with the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907 for 'Kim' (Indian based story).
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| 2/17/1993 | Rani Gaidinliu, freedom fighter, social reformer and political leader, died at her native village in Manipur. The British army made a surprise attack on her position and captured her. On 17th October, 1932, Pandit Nehru once wrote ""A day will come when India will remember her and cherishe her"". |
| 1/1/1903 | A vast crowd thronged the great plain outside Delhi today, waiting to hear the declaration that King Edward VII was Emperor of India. The crowd, clothed in brilliantly colored garments, was largely composed of common people who had come to the durbar to see India's princes pledge their fealty to the Emperor . The Duke of Connaught, representing King Edward, sat on the left of the Viceroy of India, Lord Curzon of Kedleston, who sat on a throne surrounded by giant silver footstools. Lord Curzon spoke briefly, then read a message from the King, who expressed regret at not being present at the durbar and his wishes for ""the increasing prosperity of my Indian Empire."" Among the dignitaries in the amphi-theater were 600 veterans of the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857-58. |
| 4/20/1930 | The Viceroy imposes an ordinance for the suppression of terrorism, following a series of attacks. |
| 6/9/1997 | Portfolio changes were effected by I K Gujral in Union Cabinet. |
| 10/31/1955 | The Prime Minister inaugurated the Cooperative Milk Producers' Union factory at Anand, Gujarat. |
| 4/1/1976 | Television was separated from radio, and Doordarshan Corporation was established. |
| 11/22/1993 | Gulshen Ahmed, Himachal Governor, resigns in the wake of an official report that he canvassed for his son in Satna. |
| 7/23/1933 | Jatindra Mohan Sengupta, great leader, lawyer, social worker, freedom fighter, nationalist and president of Bengal Swaraj Party, died at Ranchi. He was addresed by the people of Bengal as 'Deshapriya' (Beloved of the Country). |
| 1/1/1989 | Dinkar Sakrikar, editor of monthly magzine 'Purva' and socialist, passed away. |
| 11/5/1999 | Malcom Marshall, legendary West Indian fast bowler, died at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital after battling colon cancer for over six months. |
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