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Historical Event on 9/18/1879

Welthy Housinger Fisher, an American adult educationist in India, was born.

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12/20/1967Indira Gandhi gets powers to outlaw groups that question sovereignty.
3/7/1647Guru Dadaji Konddev, master of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, died.
4/11/1993Laxmanrao Madhav Bhide, senior freedom fighter and history expert, passed away.
5/22/1996Ravi Shastri appointed UNICEF's national ambassador for children.
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4/21/1996Sanjay Thapar of the IAF (leader) becomes first Indian to parachute down to geometric North pole and unfurl the flag.
3/9/1994Devika Rani Roerich, the first lady of the Indian screen, died at the age of 87 years in Bangalore.