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Historical Event on 10/18/1901
Mahatma Gandhi sails for India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/6/1998 | V. V. S. Laxman scores 301* for Hyderabad against Bihar. |
| 3/22/1991 | President withholds assent to the pension bill of Members of Parliament. |
| 6/11/1997 | BSE sensitive index reaches 3927. |
| 2/1/1972 | International Airports Authority of India established. |
| 4/5/1614 | Indian princess Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe. |
| 8/10/1905 | Sundarji Gokuldas Betard, modern Gujrathi poet, was born. |
| 7/15/1902 | Judge K. Subba Rao, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born. |
| 5/18/1973 | A powerful underground explosion rocked India's desert of Rajasthan today, making India the sixth nation in history to set off a nuclear device. The blast, which took place at a depth of 330 feet, was in the range of 10-15 kilotons, smaller than the bomb exploded by the US at Nagasaki in World War II. India is signatory to the 1963 test ban treaty, and thus was prohibited from exploding the device on land or in the air. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi claimed the purpose of the test was peaceful and said 'such explosions may have their use in mining operations'. |
| 3/29/1942 | Britain offered dominion status to India after the war if it cooperated now. |
| 1/2/1987 | Dr. Harekrushna Mahtab, great industrialist, leader and former Chief Minister of Orissa, died. |
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