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Historical Event on 11/18/1997

Puttaveeramma of Ishwatha Ashrama Vidyaranyapuram, Vishveshwara Nagar, Mysore, conferred with the 'Rajiv Gandhi Manav Seva Award 1997' for lifelong exemplary service to poor destitute women, in particular deaf and dumb girl children.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/2/1996Doordarshan Kendra was inagurated at Port Blair.
5/23/1997The body of controversial former chief of Tarn Taran district police Ajit Singh Sandhu is recovered from rail tracks near Bhakharpur About 30 km from Chandigarh.
1/14/1896Chintaman Dwarkanath Deshmukh, former Finance Minister of India, was born.
10/6/1927First Indian Cinematograph Enquiry Committee, under the chairmanship of Diwan Bahadur T. Rangachariar, was appointed by the Government.
4/3/1991UP Assembly dissolved to pave way for Assembly polls .
7/4/1760Meeran, Mir Jaffer's son, accidently died on the banks of Ganga near Patna due to lightning.
1/4/1992The goverment promulgates an ordinance to prevent countermanding of election in the event of death of independent candidates.
12/24/1932The third and last Round Table conference on India ends. It was was held in London.
3/4/1879Bethune' College of Calcutta was established as the pioneer of women s college education in India.
7/15/1986India protests against China's intrusion of six to seven km into the Indian territory in Arunachal Pradesh.