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Historical Event on 9/18/1879

Welthy Housinger Fisher, an American adult educationist in India, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/19/1986Computerised railway ticket reservation system was introduced in New Delhi Railway station.
9/12/1974. C. Yohannan at Teheran, sets record for LJ in 8.07.
1/6/1987An International Conference to commemorate the 75 anniversary of the African National Congress opens in New Delhi.
10/19/1929Balbir Singh, India field hockey player (Olympic gold 1948-56), was born.
4/9/1984Captain H.J. Singh of Indian Army crossed the Banihal Darsh with the help of Hand Glider and set a new record.
4/1/1963Delhi Special Police Establishment acquired its popular current name Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) through a Home Ministry resolution passed.
6/13/1731Swedish East India Company was formed. For 15 years King Fredrick of Sweden gave the Company a charter.
2/4/1991An abortive bid to hijack a Calcutta-Agartala flight by a 24-year old youth.
11/20/1947Parliament gives Indian government censorship powers over press at New Delhi.
1/10/1996All in all, it has been a long story of nearly nine decades, with the early shaky screen images turning into a multi-pronged and multi-winged empire of its own, that has yielded about 27,000 feature films and thousands of documented short films.