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Historical Event on 6/18/1946
First Satyagraha movement was started for Goa liberation from the Portuguese.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/15/1916 | Margaret Lockwood, film actress of 'Lady Vanishes' fame, was born in Karachi, India. |
| 3/13/1800 | Nana Phadanvis (Balaji Janardan Bhanu), veteran leader of Peshwa Kingdom, died. |
| 10/12/1961 | Sureshchandra Banerjee, great politician, died. |
| 6/18/1966 | California's hippie subculture converged into a mass of long hair, flowers, and rock music this weekend, as 50,000 flowed into the fairgrounds of the Monterey International Pop Festival. The event featured the largest collection of major rock acts ever assembled; thousands of fans had to be turned away from the sold-out concert. Established artists such as the Byrds, Jefferson Airplane, Otis Redding, and the Mamas and the Papas received the expected ovations from the huge audience. But the response was equally enthusiastic for performances by Indian sitar master Ravi Shankar and new talents Janis Joplin, the Who, and Jimi Hendrix, a young man who played the electric guitar like nobody else. |
| 3/30/1988 | Tamil Nadu beat Railways by an innings and 144 runs to win Ranji Trophy. |
| 8/22/1992 | Congress (I) with its allies secures a simple majority in the Lok Sabha following the merger of Telugu Desam into the party. |
| 9/5/1979 | Earl of Mountbatten's funeral held in Burma. |
| 7/15/1920 | Earthquake in Delhi. |
| 5/28/1950 | Bhagwaticharan, great revolutionary, passed away. |
| 2/12/1996 | Former Union Minister Kalpanath Rai sent to Tihai jail for allegedly harbouring members of mafia don Dawood Ibrahim's gang. |
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