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Historical Event on 11/18/1974

Telex Service started between India and Pakistan.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/24/1998200 people are killed in a tornado on both sides of the West Bengal-Orissa border. The toll includes 80 from West Bengal's Midnapore district.
2/15/1976The Division of Publication & Information was established in I.C.M.R. Headquarters.
3/16/1912Gandhiji commends Gokhale's attempts for abolition of indenture system.
2/14/19674th Parliamentary Lok Sabha Election was held and the election process was completed on 15/02/1967.
7/3/1998Kavi Pradeep, Hindi film lyricist, is selected for the 1997 Dada Saheb Phalke award.
10/16/1990Dr. Nelson Mandela, conferred with 'Bharat Ratna', the highest civilian honour.
7/20/1969M. Hidayatullah became the first acting President of India.
10/11/1999Congress (I) Ministry under the leadership of Mukut Mithi is sworn-in in Arunachal Pradesh.
5/2/195340 persons were reported losing their lives today in the first crash of a jet airliner in commercial service. The jetliner, a British-built Comet, plunged to earth in a violent storm just a few minutes after taking off from Calcutta. It was carrying a party of rubber and tin operators from Malaya to England. There were no survivors. Two Comets have crashed before, one last October and one in March, but neither was carrying passengers.
3/20/1977General Election (6th) of India ends. First time Indian National Congress Party lost in India.