Boston Indian Community - BostonIndian.net
| | | | | | | | | | | |
 


 

Historical Event on 9/18/1958

Dr. Bhagwan Das, great philosopher, freedom fighter, Hindi writer, politician and litterateur, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/18/1993Asit Sen, famous comedy actor and character artist, died.
1/5/1994Jnanpith Award was given to U. R. Anantha Murthy (Kannada).
1/17/1997Supreme Court bans all non-forest activities including running of saw mills and mining in forest areas.
5/17/1996Rusi Modi, cricketer (736 runs 10 post-war Tests for India), passed away.
8/17/1970The first microwave link, which was set up without foreign assistance, was commissioned between Asansol, Dhanbad and Ranchi.
3/30/1993S. M. Pandit, famous painter, passed away.
2/6/1952George VI (1895-1952), King of the United Kingdom, died of lung cancer at the age of 56 (succeeded by daughter, Elizabeth II). In 1947, His title of Emperor of India was deleted.
5/22/1991Elections scheduled to be held on 23, 26 deferred to 12, 15 of June.
12/14/1952Roshan Harshadlal ""Deepak"" Shodhan scored 110 in his Test Cricket debut vs Pakistan in Calcutta.
12/10/1913The Nobel prize for literature was awarded this year to Rabindranath Tagore, the Bengali poet from India.