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Historical Event on 11/18/1973

Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry, passed away. She came to India in 1914.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/16/1931C. T. Studd, 69, died. He was an English missionary, one of the 'Cambridge Seven,' who worked on the mission field in China, India and Central Africa.
11/7/1974South Africa beats India in Women's Open in 63rd Tennis Davis Cup.
5/27/1952United Nationalist Party and the Indian Democratic Party combined to form one opposition party - National Democratic Party with Dr. S. P. Mukherjee as leader.
10/6/1954Nehru declared the National Health Scheme for the entire country.
8/22/1984R. Venkataraman was elected the Vice President of India (1984 -1987).
3/5/1989Baba Prithvisingh, founder of Labour Party, passed away.
4/5/1848Satara kingdom came to end.
10/30/1996Former PM Narasimha Rao appears before Chief Metropolitan Magistrate at the Vigyan Bhawan Annexe, New Delhi, as an accused in the St. Kitts forgery case.
9/29/1997IRS-1D, fourth Indian Remote Sensing satellite, successfully launched off by PSLV-CI, the country's first operational polar satellite launch vehicle, from Sriharikota. With this launch, India became a member of the exclusive club of nations capable of launching the heavier class of satellites.
1/14/1959Indira Gandhi, Nehru's daughter, emerges as leading choice for president in New Delhi.