Idaho - Boise, Moscow, Idaho Falls Indian Community - IdahoIndian.com
| | | | | | | | | | | |
 


 

Historical Event on 5/18/1933

Gandhiji commences at noon 21 days' fast for self-purification; released unconditionally at 9 p.m.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/29/1914Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram came in India.
8/7/1871Abanindranath Tagore, great modern artist and painter, was born at Jorasanko in Calcutta.
3/22/1949SSC Examination system started.
10/11/1902Loknayak Jayprakash Harsudayal Narayan, veteran socialist leader, was born at Sitabdiara village (border of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar) in Bihar. He was awarded Bharat Ratna on Dec. 23, 1998 and played a key role in formation of Janta Party which defeated Indian National Congress for the first time.
6/10/1890Sunday introduced as a weekly holiday.
9/15/1916Margaret Lockwood, film actress of 'Lady Vanishes' fame, was born in Karachi, India.
8/13/1943Chintamanrao Deshmukh was first Indian to be appointed Governor of Reserve Bank.
10/19/1990The Government of India under an ordinance puts forward a three-point formula for Ayodhya issue: (i) to acquire the land (ii) other land may be given for building temple except the disputed one (iii) the issue may referred to Supreme Court for speedy solution.
12/8/1980Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev visits New Delhi.
12/8/1980Queen Elizabeth I granted its Royal Charter to the 218 Knights and merchants of the City of London who formed the East India Company. The venture failed to achieve its stated objectives -- it made little impression on the Dutch control of the spice trade and could not establish a lasting outpost in the East Indies.