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Historical Event on 5/18/1966
Panchanan Maheshwari, great Indian scientist of botany, passed away. He studied the morphology, anatomy and embryology of some angiosperms, the class of plants which produce flowers. He discovered species of plants like ""Panchanania Jaipuriensis and Isoeted Panchananil."" He wrote two authoritative books, 'An Introduction to the Embryology of Angiosperms' & 'Recent Advances in Embryology on Angiosperms'. In 1951, he founded the International Society of plant Morphologists.

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2/5/1981	Kuda Bux, great Indian mystic (I'd Like to See), passed away at 75.
5/17/1999	Sonia Gandhi resigns as Congress president but the CWC(I) rejects it.
4/15/1946	The Kangla Tongbi war memorial built for 221 members Advance Base Depot, who laid down their lives to repulse several waves of Japanese attacks, was erected near a village named Kangla Tongbi at Mile 8 on the Imphal - Dimapur road. It was originally erected from local stone and the main epitaph displayed above is of black Naga stone.
2/28/1919	Gandhiji signs Satyagraha Pledge to secure withdrawal of Rowlatt Bills.
10/10/1954	First 'President Award' was awarded to film 'Shyamchi Aai'.
8/30/1903	Bhagwati Charan Varma was born.
6/5/1966	Indian rupee devalued by 36.5 percent.
6/8/1948	Malabar Princess', Air India's first international flight, takes off from Bombay to London via Cairo and Geneva. This was weekly air service was started between India to United Kingdom.
1/6/1947	All India Congress Commitee accepted the division of country.
5/27/1919	Kandukuri Veeresalingam, father of modern Telgu language, author and social reformer, passed away.

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