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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
6/10/1832Edwin Arnold, English writer (Light of India), was born.
1/7/1928Vijay Tendulkar, famous playwright and novelist, was born.
10/29/1935Narendra Kumar Chhajerh, great industrialist, was born.
12/14/1984First MIG 27M aircraft assembled by Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. takes off.
5/1/1915Rameshwar Shukla 'Anchal', modern Hindi poet, novelist and essay writer, was born.
11/11/1947Temple of Vithoba in Pandharpur opened for Harijans. Ganpatrao Tapase was the first harijan to enter the temple.
10/5/1991Ramnath Goenka, journalist and founder chairman of the Indian Express Newspapers Group, died at the age of 87 years.
1/14/1982First Antarctic Expedition on December 1981-Jan 1982; group of 21 Indian scientists team led by S. Z. Qasim reached Antarctica successfully.
3/24/1992Congress (I) strength goes up by six seats in the Rajya Sabha on account of biennial polls.
4/13/1699Khalsa Panth established.