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Historical Event on 11/18/1978
Dhirendra Ganguly, film maker, writer, director and actor, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/19/1993 | Government decides to merge Vayudut with Indian Airlines. |
| 3/16/1924 | Bhupendranath Basu, great freedom fighter, President of Congress and fluent orator, passed away. |
| 1/15/1784 | Sir William Jones, Judge and linguist, and Sir Warren Hastings established the Asiatic Society of Bengal at Calcutta. This was the first scholastic institution. |
| 5/1/1879 | Swami Vivekanand established Ramkrishna Mission. |
| 7/1/1964 | Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI) was established. |
| 11/17/1928 | Lala Lajpat Rai died in Lahore after being seriously wounded in the barbarous lathi charge of 30th October. He is referred as the ""Lion of Punjab"" or ""Punjab Kesari"" and is remembered as freedom fighter, nationalist, educationist, lawyer, thinker, writer, social reformer, orator and a passionate fighter for the revival of the ancient Indian culture and |
| 3/17/1995 | Congress-I in Arunachal Pradesh wins two-third majority. |
| 7/5/1981 | Rajan Mahadevan recites 31,811 digits of ¦(pie) from memory. |
| 3/25/1931 | 50 killed in riots in India; Gandhi assaulted. |
| 4/9/1783 | Tipu Sultan drives out English from Bednoor, India. |
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