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Historical Event on 11/18/1972

Tiger was adopted as India's 'National Animal'

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/31/1997Election Commission agrees to grant national party status to Bahujan Samaj Party but asks it to give up its election symbol--elephant.
2/19/1978Pankaj Mallik, famous Bengali music director and playback singer, passed away. He was the singer of the famous Hindi song ""Piya Milan Ko Jaana"".
7/26/1910Unrest flares up in the Deccan region of India. Demand grows for self-determination.
11/15/1988Dalai Lama agreed for less then independent country to save the cultural heritage of Tibet.
11/29/1644The Massachusetts General Court issued a call for local pastors to learn the dialects of neighboring Indian tribes as an aid toward converting them to the Christian faith.
9/1/1989Yasser Arafat chosen for the 1988 Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding.
3/31/1996Karnataka defeat Tamil Nadu in first innings to win Ranji Trophy.
9/16/1996J & K second phase poll for 34 seats.
12/15/1932Tirunellai Narayana Iyer Seshan, Chief Election Commissioner of India, was born.
4/26/1999India's Atanu Lahiri and Bhagyashree Thipsay won the men's and women's titles respectively in the Commonwealth chess championship in Bikaner.