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Historical Event on 9/18/1992
M. Hidayatullah, former Vice President and Chief Justice, died. He was 87.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/30/1928 | Jawaharlal Nehru lays his plans for a free India and becomes president of Congress Party in 1929. |
| 8/30/1928 | Akbar responded with alacrity and arrived at Ahmadabad and made adequate arrangements for its administration. |
| 4/3/1984 | Sikh terrorists kill a member of Parliament in his home in New Delhi. |
| 1/3/1880 | Publication of 'Illustrated Weekly of India' started. |
| 12/28/1981 | Salman Rushdie is awarded the Booker Prize for Midnight's Children. |
| 6/16/1893 | Karumuttu Thiagarajan Chettiar, social worker and industrialist, was born at Athikkadu Thekkur in Tamil Nadu. |
| 7/10/1927 | Ganga Ram, great social reformer and founder of Ganga Ram Hospital in New Delhi, died in England while functioning as an active member of the Royal Commission on Agriculture. He was against dowry and child marriages and advocated widow re-marriage and also established institutions for vocational education and education for adults. |
| 2/25/1998 | Tendulkar's first first-class 204* for Mumbai vs Australia. |
| 4/26/1858 | Kunwar Singh, revolutionary of Indian mutiny and freedom fighter, passed away. He fought his last battle near Jagdishpur, Bihar on April 23, 1858 and defeated the Britishers but was deeply wounded. He also organised the national rebels. |
| 1/28/1865 | Lala Lajpat Rai 'Punjab Kesari', great valiant freedom fighter, social reformer, humanitarian and lawyer, was born in Dhudike village of Ferozepur district, Punjab. |
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