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Historical Event on 11/18/1974

Telex Service started between India and Pakistan.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/23/1965Indian first alloy and steel plant in the public sector started in Durgapur; alloy and steel plant limited project started.
1/30/1996The new (reconstituted) Scientific Advisory Board of the ICMR met on January 30-31, 1996.
7/28/1999Shiv Sena president Bal Thackeray is banned from voting and contesting in any election for six years from December 11, 1995 on the recommendations of the Election Commission.
6/1/1996Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, former President of India, passed away.
2/13/1977Jasawant Singh, famous physiologist, passed away.
1/9/1972In 1971, 433 feature films produced in the world with a record and a top position in film production.
5/21/1966General Election (11th) of India ends.
1/1/1994Hindu Heritage Endowment, first Hindu international trust, was founded by Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami.
5/26/1906Benjamin Peary Pal, internationally famous scientist of Indian agriculture, was born at Mukundpur, Punjab. In 1929, he went to Cambridge to do research on wheat and he returned to Burma with a Ph.D. five years later. In 1933, he got a research job with what is now known as the Indian Agricultural Research Institute in New Delhi. In 1965, Pal became Director General of the newly founded Indian Council of Agricultural Research in New Delhi. He has written several books on roses, the most popular being ""The Rose in India"".
7/6/1927Prabhjot Kaur, great poet and author, was born at Langrayal (Pakistan).