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Historical Event on 4/18/1959
India, Pakistan sign one-year pact on Indus River irrigation.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/17/1973 | Mother Pondicherry, greatest teacher and religious leader, died. |
| 5/13/1883 | Henk JFM Sneevliet, leader RSAP/editor Spartacus (Dutch-Indies), was born. |
| 6/20/1939 | Ramakant Bhikaji Desai, cricketer (effective pace bowler for India in the 60s), was born in Bombay. |
| 7/1/1961 | Kalpana Chawla, the first Indian women astronaut (STS 87), was born in Karnal. |
| 11/7/1990 | Lawrence Durrell, great Indian English and author (Mount Olive), passed away at the age of 78. |
| 2/26/1946 | Mrinal Pandey, famous Hindi columnist, was born. |
| 5/13/1962 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1884-1963) |
| 1/1/1997 | 30-year Ganga water sharing treaty between India and Bangladesh takes effect. |
| 1/28/1951 | Kashmir issue taken up in UN security council. |
| 12/15/1976 | Baichung Bhutia, Indian Soccer(Football) player, was born in Gangtok, Sikkim. |
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