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Historical Event on 10/18/1906

Depressed Classes Mission Society' was established by Vitthal Ramji Shinde.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/5/1903Tirupur Subramaniam Avinashilingam Chettiar, freedom fighter, educationist and politician, was born at Tirupur (Tamil Nadu).
9/26/1975Constitution (39th Amendment) Bill 1975, placing election of the President, Vice President, Prime Minister and Speaker of the Lok Sabha beyond the scrutiny of the judiciary, approved by Parliament.
6/13/1927Henry C. K. ""Clan"" Petty-Fitzmaurice, Governor of India (1888-94), passed away at the age of 82.
1/30/1997Fifth Pay Commission submits proposals; minimum salary Rs. 2440 pm and maximum 26,000. Cabinet Secretary 30,000; six-day week; retirement at 60, etc. proposed.
9/8/1993Mandal Commission recommendation of 27\% job reservation for the backward classes brought into effect; 'Creamy' layer excluded.
2/3/1905Sir Padampat Singhania, great industrialist, was born at Kanpur.
1/17/1771Govind Patwardhan Mirajkar, first Rao of Peshwai, passed away.
9/4/1962Kiran Shankar More, great Indian wicket-keeper in 49 Tests 1986-93, was born in Baroda.
5/8/1933Gandhi starts hunger strike to protest the British repression of untouchables.
12/14/1984First MIG 27M aircraft assembled by Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. takes off.