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Historical Event on 3/18/1953
Backward Classes Commission inaugurated.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/5/1974 | Virendranath Dasgupta, great revolutionary, died. |
| 11/9/1972 | Laxmi Poruri, guntur India and tennis star (1994 Futures-College Park), was born. |
| 3/11/1992 | Dr. Anita B. Bose-Pfaff, daughter of Netaji, declines to accept the 'Bharat Ratna' conferred on her father. |
| 12/17/1645 | Noorjahan Begum passed away. |
| 4/11/1937 | Ramnath Krishnan, well known Indian Tennis player, was born. |
| 1/23/1915 | Kamal Nayan Bajaj, famous industrialist, was born. |
| 12/17/1972 | New line of control agreed to in Kashmir between India & Pakistan. |
| 2/6/1949 | India to nationalize the estate of Nizam, the world's richest man, from Hyderabad. |
| 1/28/1911 | The famous Hope diamond, once worn by Marie Antoinette, was bought tonight for over $300,000 by Ned McLean, son of John McLean. Mrs. McLean wore it as a head ornament, guarded by a former Secret Service man who in turn was guarded by two private detectives. Walnut-sized and exquisitely blue in color, the 44.5-carat stone stems from India. Its owners included Louis XIV, Louis XVI, and a London banker named Hope. A sinister history of ill luck, madness, and violent death clings to the unique gem. |
| 10/2/1944 | Gandhiji was presented a purse of Rs 110 lakhs (£ 8,25,000) for Kasturba Memorial on his 75th birthday. |
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