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Historical Event on 11/18/1948

Nearly 500 people were drowned when the ferry steamer Narayan River capsized and sank in the Ganga near Patna.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/26/1990V. Shantaram, veteran film producer, director and Dadasaheb Phalke awardee, died at the age of 90 years in Bombay.
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7/24/2000The trial in the Rs. 133 crore urea scam resumes after about one year in the special court for CBI cases in New Delhi.
9/11/1956The PM announced in the Lok Sabha the conclusion of the Netaji Inquiry Committee that Netaji did die in an air-crash.
3/3/1871Congress changes Indian tribes status from independent to dependent.
10/2/1986Rajiv Gandhi survives assassination attempt made by Sikh extremists at Raj Ghat.
2/7/1993Medium-range surface to surface missile, 'Prithvi' successfully launched for the 10th time.
4/6/1919Mahatma Gandhi declared an All India Strike against the Rollatt Act .This was the first strike.
2/10/1846British forces under Hugh Gough defeated Sikhs in the Battle of Sobrahan in India.
12/27/1898Shamrao Desmukh, former Central Minister and Agriculture expert , was born.