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Historical Event on 6/18/1901

Ramchandra Bhikaji Gunjikar, Marathi novelist and editor, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/1/1879Swami Vivekanand established Ramkrishna Mission.
1/4/1909Prabhakar Padhye, modern Marathi litterateur, was born.
3/12/1930Mahatma Gandhi started Dandi March from Sabarmati Ashram near Ahmedabad to break salt law. This march stretched of 375 km. was covered in 26 days with 78 followers. The whole of India joined the campaign to boycott foreign goods and refused to pay taxes. Khan Abdul Ghafar Khan or Frontier Gandhi started Khudai Kidmatgar movement in the North-West Frontier. The Government went back to its brutal force and about 90,000 people were imprisoned within a year. In Peshawar, the Gharwal regiment refused to shoot a demonstrator. In Nagaland Rani Gaidilita, a 13 year old girl raised the flag against the Britishers and was put into life imprisonment in 1932. Nehru hearing this uttered A day will come when India will remember her and Cherish her. She was released after Independence.
9/25/1946Bishan Singh Bedi, a former Indian cricketer was born.
7/21/1994The Supreme Court declares that SC/ST will lose status on migration to other states.
1/7/1990President returns the Indian Post Office (Amendment) Bills of 1986 to Parliament at the instance of the Government.
1/6/1987Jaidev, famous music director, passed away.
9/22/1988PM announces Government's decision to drop Defamation Bill.
9/9/1997Pravin Thipsay becomes India's third chess Grand Master.
2/12/1990The Berlin Wall is taken down February 12. Germany is reunited over the next year. Warsaw Pact is dissolved.