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Historical Event on 9/18/1996
Suresh Mehta ministry wins the confidence vote in Gujarat .
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/1/1976 | Indira Gandhi asks for sweeping new powers at New Delhi. |
| 10/27/1947 | Indian Governments accepts King of Jammu and Kashmir Maharaja Harisingh's accession merging Jammu and Kashmir in India and sends its troops. Accession of Jammu and Kashmir was then officially announced. No. 12 Sqn was to initiate the remarkable feat of air-lifting the first Sikhs from Palam onto the rough and dusty Srinagar airstrip without planning or reconnaissance as the initial Indian response to the sizeable insurgent forces that were pouring across the border into Jammu and Kashmir. |
| 1/1/1981 | Colaba District renamed as Raigad District. |
| 9/17/1956 | Oil and Natural Gas Commission (ONGC ) established. |
| 1/14/1984 | Gujarati Daily 'Samkalin' of Indian Express Group published. |
| 3/2/1949 | Sarojini Naidu, ""Nightingale of India"", freedom fighter, social worker and patriot, passed away when she was the Governor of Uttar Pradesh. She also holds a place of pride among the women freedom fighters of India. She presided over the Kanpur session of Indian National Congress. She took active part in Salt Satyagraha and represented Indian women in Round Table Conference, London, 1931. |
| 5/20/1987 | G. G. Jadhav `Pudhari', editor of daily newspaper, passed away. |
| 4/1/1878 | Calcutta Museum was opened for general public. |
| 6/11/1996 | Narasimha Rao's name figures in fresh FIR on bribing JMM MPs case. |
| 3/18/1938 | Shashi Kapoor, famous film producer, director, actor and dramatist, was born in Calcutta. He has made sucessful films like Junoon, Kaliyug, Heat and Dust, etc. |
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