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Historical Event on 4/18/1917

Gandhi saw one of his testing grounds of Satyagraha in Champaran. He defied section 144 of Criminal Act.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/25/1995Narsimha Rao, PM, addresses the 50th anniversary session of the UN.
3/10/1940Banwarilal Bhagwandas Purohit, famous leader of Vidarbha, was born.
1/10/199627th International Film Festival of India begins in New Delhi.
4/27/1918Gandhiji attends Viceroy's War Conference at Delhi and addresses it in Hindustani; subsequently tours Kaira District to raise recruits for army.
10/2/1961Indian Limited Shipping Transport Corporation established.
11/16/1990Chandrasekhar Government wins confidence motion of 280 for 214 against and 11 abstained (17 members were absent).
9/10/1918Muslim riots break out in Calcutta.
1/16/1942Jawaharlal Nehru succeeds Gandhi as head of Indian National Congress.
5/25/1941Sagarmal Gopa, a devoted patriot and freedom fighter, was arrested in Jaisalmer. He wrote two books ""Jaisalmer Rajya ka Gunda Shasan"" and ""Raghunath Singh Ka Mukadma"" for which he was prohibited to enter in Jaisalmer.
11/9/1948Administration of Mayurbhanj State taken over by the Government of India.