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Historical Event on 11/18/1972

Tiger was adopted as India's 'National Animal'

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/8/1971Indira Congress wins the mid-term elections for Lok Sabha. Indira Gandhi becomes PM.
3/13/1878The Vernacular Press Act was passed which subsequently made the Amrita Bazar Patrika of Calcutta an English newspaper.
2/14/199813 bomb blasts take place in Coimbatore an hour before the BJP president Advani was to address a campaign meeting; 52 people killed.
8/26/1997Vice President Krishan Kant takes over as Chairman of Rajya Sabha.
11/15/1949Nathuram Vinayak Godse and Narayan Dattatreya Apte were hanged in Ambala Jail for Gandhi's murder.
2/23/19905-member Ministry headed by R. K. Ranbir Singh in Manipur elected.
12/22/1945Shridhar Balkrishna Kulkarni (Pathe Bapurao), famous poet known for instant poetry and Marathi folk song writer, died.
12/10/1761Maharani Tarabai of Pune died at Satara.(9 or 10).
9/23/1858Grant Duf, historian who studied Maratha history, died.
4/21/1975Farakka Barrage dedicated to nation.