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Historical Event on 6/18/1940
Forward Block Party was established.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/23/1956 | India celebrates the birth centenary of Bal Gangadhar ""Lokmanya"" Tilak. |
| 11/21/1947 | First Stamp of Independent India was released |
| 11/1/1956 | Indian Government re-organizes the states according to linguistic principles and inaugurates second Five-Year Plan. The states declared were Madhya Pradesh, Punjab by merging Patiala & PEPSU, Mumbai was divided in Gujarat, Maharashtra and Karnataka. Union Territories namely Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshdeep Minikai and Amin Divi were approved. |
| 4/21/1995 | Medium range 'Akash', surface-to-air-missile, flight trial successful. |
| 4/2/1933 | Sir Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji ""Ranji"", Maharaj, jamsaheb of Nawanagar and noted cricketer, passed away. He was referred as ""The prince of a little state, but the King of a great game"". He scored 989 Test runs with a 1st-class avg. 56. |
| 4/30/1996 | CBI concludes after 11 1/2 years of investigation that no espionage has taken place in what was dubbed the `ISRO spy scandal case'. |
| 5/5/1977 | Chandra Shekar chosen President of the Janatha Party. |
| 4/26/1895 | Guru Baksha Singh, modern Punjabi litterateur was born. |
| 5/25/1937 | Munshi Ajmeri passed away. |
| 5/28/1989 | Kerala diocese of Marathakavalli was the first Christian priest in India. |
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