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Historical Event on 1/18/1906

Nirupam Chandra Ganguli, criminal lawyer and sportsman, was born at Bhagalpur.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/27/1976Gajanan Tryambak Madkholkar, famous journalist, novelist and critic, passed away.
5/4/1992India and Russia sign a five-year agreement on trade and economic cooperation.
8/1/1952Nationalised Airways at Safdarjung, New Delhi inaugurated by Nehru.
9/4/1996Narasimha Rao questioned by CBI.
1/19/1905Maharshi Devendranath Tagore, Bengali writer and thinker, passed away.
3/25/1958Yograjsingh Bhagsingh Bhundel, cricketer (Indian pace bowler early 80's), was born in Chandigarh.
1/8/2000Abhin Shyam Gupta and B.R. Meenakshi win the NSCI Grand Prix all India badminton tournament in Mumbai.
1/16/1999Ritwick Bhattacharya (Delhi) and Mekhala Subedar (Maharashtra) won the men's and women's titles in the National squash championship in Calcutta.
5/6/2000Saurav Ganguly wins the Ceat International Cricketer of the Year award 1999-2000.
11/20/1930With all the pageantry of the British Empire, a conference of Indian and British leaders had been convened in London to discuss dominion status for India. Surrounded by Maharajahs in turbans, King George V convened the round table conference in the Royal Gallery of the House of Lords. Notably absent was Mahatma Gandhi, leader of the nationalist movement. The conference saw a breakdown of the Indian caste system as Brahmins dealt with spokesmen for ""untouchable