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Historical Event on 3/18/1974

Buddhadev Basu, modern Bengali poet, story writer, playwright and critic, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/6/1997Supreme Court acquits former Union Minister for Power and Food Kalpanath Rai held under TADA for alleged harbouring of an accused in ""1992 Bombay J.J. Hospital shootout case'
7/1/1961Kalpana Chawla, the first Indian women astronaut (STS 87), was born in Karnal.
10/17/1920Bhartiya Communist Party was formed at Tashkent with seven members including M.N. Roy, Birendra Chattopadhyay and Abani Mukherji.
5/12/1995India refused to sign NPT in its present discriminatory form.
2/2/1959Indira Gandhi was elected the president of the ruling Congress Executive Party. Thereby Congress spilt,and leftist formed Swantantra Party.
12/29/1972Construction work of Metro Train in Calcutta commenced.
3/31/1996Karnataka defeat Tamil Nadu in first innings to win Ranji Trophy.
4/1/1990Gold Control Act was withdrawn.
12/31/1706Francois Martin, founder of Pondicherry and was its first Governor General, died. He founded Pondicherry, the future capital of French India in 1674.
9/7/1968Benipuri Sharma, famous Hindi novelist, died.