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Historical Event on 1/18/1948
Gandhi breaks 121-hour fast in New Delhi, after halting of Muslim-Hindu riots in Calcutta. He breaks the fast on security pledges from communal leaders who ""Peace Pledge"" to Gandhiji.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/18/1948 | Pieter de Carpentier, flemish Governor General of Dutch East-Indies, was born. |
| 3/28/1991 | IAF men die in an air crash in Bangalore. |
| 7/3/1998 | Kavi Pradeep, Hindi film lyricist, is selected for the 1997 Dada Saheb Phalke award. |
| 9/26/1923 | Dev Anand, film producer, director and actor, was born. |
| 10/30/1924 | Word Saving Day. |
| 3/18/1991 | West Bengal opts for assembly poll. |
| 4/8/1774 | Narayan Rao's posthumous son, Madhav Rao, was seen as a challenge to Raghunath Rao only when he was 10 days old. |
| 8/10/1860 | Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, the great architect of the renaissance of Hindustani music and who played a vital role in giving re-birth to North Indian classical music, was born at Balukeshwar, Maharashtra. |
| 5/15/1992 | BSE closed. |
| 5/15/1992 | Mahmud Gawan was appointed as Prime Minister, an office which he held till his execution. |
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