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Historical Event on 11/18/1972

Tiger was adopted as India's 'National Animal'

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/25/1995Bomb attack on a train in Assam; 27 soldiers killed.
4/14/1979Sanjiva Reddy,President, flagged off the first electric train in Madras.
12/21/1990Former Union Finance Secretary S. Venkatramanan appointed Governor of RBI. B. Rachaiah and Dr. Sarup Singh sworn in as Governors of Kerala and Gujarat respectively.
1/19/1839Aden conquered by British East India Company.
1/15/1898Nanasaheb Ramji Tawde, educationist and scientist, was born at Taluq Malvan, Maharashtra.
1/10/1964Battles between Muslims & Hindus in Calcutta.
2/3/1997Major fire reduces Calcutta Book Fair to ashes.
5/20/1750Tipu Sultan, tiger of Mysore, was born. He was the son of Hyder Ali and born at Devanhalli village near Bangalore. Hyder Ali named his son after a great Sufi saint namely Tipu Mastan Aulia. Tipu Sultan was a great revolutionary freedom fighter, social reformer, musician and architect.
11/8/1965British Indian Ocean Territory formed.
11/8/1965Akbar attacked on Malwa at Sarangpur and defeated Bajbahadar.