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Historical Event on 11/18/1978
Dhirendra Ganguly, film maker, writer, director and actor, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/4/1888 | Romesh Chandra Majumdar, great Bengali historian, was born. |
| 11/12/1990 | Uttar Pradesh Government raises the reservation for Backward Classes in direct recruitment to State Services from 15 to 27 per cent. |
| 6/19/1901 | Raj Chandra Bose, Indian mathematician and statistician, was born at Hosangabad in Madhya Pradesh. He made many valuable contributions to the subject. He discovered new codes for telecommunication. In 1976, America's highest honour to a scientist came to Bose as he was elected Fellow of the US Academy of Sciences. |
| 11/14/1967 | Saba Karim, Indian ODI wicket-keeper 1997, was born. |
| 1/31/1948 | Cities swept by riots in wake of Gandhi murder. |
| 6/18/1901 | Ramchandra Bhikaji Gunjikar, Marathi novelist and editor, passed away. |
| 11/25/1956 | Lal Bahadur Shastri, Railway Minister, resigns from the office or Railway Minitery, taking moral responsibility for Ayyapan rail disaster thus setting a rare example for politicians. |
| 11/25/1956 | Ruknud-din Firuz Shah, son of Emperor Iltutmish, was assassinated. |
| 10/21/1990 | Doordarshan starts afternoon news bulletins at 2 p.m. (Hindi) and 3 p.m. (English) of 7.5 minutes duration on week days and 5 minutes on Sundays. |
| 9/4/1895 | Siyaramsharan Gupt was born. |
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