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Historical Event on 9/18/1932
A Hindu delegation is given permission to interview Gandhi, currently held in prison and undertaking a hunger strike. On arrival, they also find he has taken a vow of silence.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/26/1997 | Andhra Pradesh Assembly passes a Bill to amend the Prohibition Act, ending the state's 2-year experiment with total prohibition. |
| 3/12/1942 | British troops vacate the Andaman in Gulf of Bengal. |
| 2/17/1993 | Rani Gaidinliu, freedom fighter, social reformer and political leader, died at her native village in Manipur. The British army made a surprise attack on her position and captured her. On 17th October, 1932, Pandit Nehru once wrote ""A day will come when India will remember her and cherishe her"". |
| 2/10/1910 | Smt. Durga Bhagwat, veteran Marathi writer, was born. |
| 7/27/1991 | Army called out in Srinagar valley after an attack on security forces in which 17 persons were killed. |
| 5/27/1994 | Tarktirth Laxmanshastri Joshi, internationally famous omnicient, passed away. |
| 5/7/1994 | Dr. S.P. Tripathy, Director-General of ICMR, retired after 32 years of distinguished service in the ICMR, and Dr. G.V. Satyavati took over as the new Director-General of ICMR in July 1994. She became the first woman scientist in the country to head not only ICMR but any Research agency in independent India. |
| 5/9/1919 | Ram Kumar Gupta, great industrialist, was born at Delhi. |
| 10/23/1999 | V. P. Singh, former Prime Minister, tops the list of star witnesses in Bofors case. |
| 12/23/1964 | India & Ceylon hit by cyclone, about 4,850 killed. |
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