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Historical Event on 5/18/1933
Gandhiji commences at noon 21 days' fast for self-purification; released unconditionally at 9 p.m.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/22/1997 | Faced with unprecedented Presidential rebuff, a divided U.F. Government reversed decision on invoking Article 356 in Uttar Pradesh. Kalyan Singh government survived. |
| 4/6/1664 | Harkhishan Singh, Sikh Guru, died. |
| 8/18/1979 | Vasantrao Naik, former Chief Minister of Maharashtra, died. |
| 9/5/1846 | Sir Charles Metkaf, Governor General of East India Company, died. |
| 3/28/1998 | The BJP-led alliance survived its first test of trust with the support of Chandrababu Naidu's Telgu Desam Party. Jayalalitha continues to call the shots. |
| 4/12/1993 | Indian ship MV Vishva-Mohini sinks off Spain, 33 killed. |
| 10/2/1911 | Ambat Menon, great educationist, was born at Chittore, Kerala . |
| 8/15/1985 | Accord reached on the Assam foreign nationals issue, agitation called off. |
| 6/6/2000 | Abhijit Kunte wins the National `A' chess championship at Mumbai. |
| 3/3/1885 | Congress passes Indian Appropriations Act (Indians wards of fed govt). |
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