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Historical Event on 11/18/1997

School bus plunges into the Yamuna killing 28 Delhi children.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/18/1959Miss Meera Behn, follower of Gandhi, left India for good.
3/11/1824US War Dept creates the Bureau of Indian Affair.
6/24/1991K. Karunakaran ministry assumes power in Kerala.
6/28/1986Union Government sanctions maternity leave for unmarried women employees too.
12/1/1928The first talkie filmshow, named as 'British Talkies' , was released on December 1, 1928, at Globe Theatres, Calcutta.
5/10/1996Union Cabinet recommends to President the dissolution of the 10th Lok Sabha.
5/8/1933Gandhi starts hunger strike to protest the British repression of untouchables.
7/19/1969Indian Government nationalised 14 major commercial banks of India by Presidental ordinance.
8/3/1991About 280 kgs of gold ornaments valued at $15 million, which had been deposited in the Portuguese bank in Goa by its natives, flown back to India.
11/19/1994Aishwarya Rai, selected 'Miss World' at the age of 21 in the beauty contest held at the 44th convention at Sun City, South Africa .