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Historical Event on 5/18/1933
Gandhiji commences at noon 21 days' fast for self-purification; released unconditionally at 9 p.m.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/19/1919 | Sunil Kumar Banerjee, cricket Test Umpire for 1 test from 1963-64, was born at Bengal. |
| 5/12/1955 | The PM laid the foundation stone for the National Museum. |
| 11/19/1996 | Krishnarao Shiva Shelvankar, journalist and diplomat, passed away at 90. |
| 12/1/1999 | Indira Gandhi, former Prime Minister, is named ""`Woman of the Millennium'' in a BBC pol |
| 4/23/1751 | Gilbert Aliat Minto, governor general of East India Company, was born. |
| 11/1/1930 | S. R. Bose, cricket test umpire for one test in 1983-84, was born in Bihar. |
| 11/24/1992 | Lok Sabha approves bill seeking to confer Indian citizenship to a child born to an Indian mother outside the country. |
| 2/28/1950 | The Finance Minister announces the setting up of the Planning Commission with Nehru and Nanda as Chairman and Deputy Chairman respectively. |
| 2/8/1989 | Mrs. Gro Harlem Brundtland, PM of Norway, was awarded 1988 Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development. |
| 11/24/1997 | Leander-Mahesh stumble at the final step, finish second in the World doubles tennis championships at Hartford. |
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