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Historical Event on 1/18/1959

Miss Meera Behn, follower of Gandhi, left India for good.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/18/1959Akbar won the war near Ahmedabad and captured Gujrat.
3/16/1880Parshuram Rajshekhar Basu, famous Bengali writer, was born.
7/27/1949Agreement reached on the ceasefire line in Kashmir.
4/10/1996Delhi High Court bans the import of toxic waste in India.
12/9/1977Ravishankar Mahashankar Rawal, famous painter, passed away.
5/17/1993Visiting Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres signs an MOU with his Indian counterpart to end nearly 4 decades of inactivity in bilateral relation.
2/26/1972President Varahgiri Venkat Giri inaugurated the Vikram Earth Satellite Station at Wardha near Arvi.
2/10/1691Job Charnock established the first English factory in Calcutta.
1/15/1948Gandhiji hails Indian Cabinet's decision to release Pakistan dues of Rs. 550 million. Fast continues for establishment of communal peace.
12/1/1964Jawaharlal Nehru Agriculture University established.