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Historical Event on 11/18/1973

Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry, passed away. She came to India in 1914.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/15/1729Khanderao Dabhade, great warrior in Maratha kingdom, passed away.
8/18/1800Fort William College was established at Calcutta.
10/26/1961Heavy fighting flared up between India and Communist China in their three-year-old dispute over border lines in the Himalayas. Each side accused the other of initiating the fighting that began along the Tibetan border early in October.
3/3/1997Indian Socialist Party headed by Arangil Sridharan merges with Lok Sakthi. It was floated by Ramakrishna Hedge.
4/8/1994Dr. Wilfred D'Souza re-installed as Goa CM.
2/20/1982The Kangla Tongbi war memorial built for 221 members of Advance Base Depot, who laid down their lives to repulse several waves of Japanese attacks, was finally shifted to College of Materials Management Jabalpur. The original memorial was erected on 15 Apr 1946 from local stone and the main epitaph displayed above is of black Naga stone.
2/2/1862Pandit Shambhunath was the first Indian to become Judge of Indian High Court.
7/24/1997Country's highest civilian honour Bharat Ratna conferred on former interim Prime Minister Gulzarilal Nanda and posthumously on freedom-fighter Aruna Asaf Ali.
1/1/199730-year Ganga water sharing treaty between India and Bangladesh takes effect.
10/30/1997Kerala Kaumudi's Kannur edition and Internet edition begin.