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Historical Event on 8/18/1896

Raghupati Sahay ""Firaq Gorakhpuri"", revolutionary Urdu poet, was born. He was honoured with the highest literary awards, including the Sahitya Academy Award in 1960 and Bharatiya Gyanpeeth Award in 1969. His notable works include ""Ruh-e-Kayenaat (Spirit of Universe, 1945)"" and ""Ramz-O-Kinayaat (Suggestion, 1946)"".

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6/27/1964Teen Murti Bhavan, official residence of the Prime Minister of India, became the Nehru Memorial Museum.
6/22/1975National Emergency was declared and censorship introduced.
9/22/1992Harshad Mehta released after 110 days in jail.
6/15/1966U.S. resumes full economic aid to India and Pakistan.
7/14/1928Bedabrata Barua, educationist, social reformer and politician, was born.
9/17/1960Agreement reached with Pakistan on the distribution of the River Indus and its tributaries.
11/14/1957Children's Day.
6/15/1990Punjab Government returned gold and other valuables seized from Golden Temple during the 1984 Blue Star operation to SGPC.
10/27/1999P.M. Sayeed of the Congress(I) re-elected as the Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha.
10/27/1999