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Historical Event on 9/18/1867
Ganganendranath Tagore, great painter, patriot and artist, was born in Calcutta.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/2/1997 | Bangalore's Dr. B. V. Ravi Kumar develops India's first indigenously made HIV detection kit. |
| 12/23/1969 | Armstrong and Aldrin collected Moon rock, which was kept on exhibition in New Delhi. |
| 6/6/1924 | S. R. Bommai, former President of Janata Dal, was born. |
| 7/2/1997 | Screening for Hepatitis C made mandatory all over India. |
| 12/22/2000 | Three Army jawans die in an attack by a suicide squad of Lakshar-e-Taiba at the Red Fort in Delhi leading to a 45-minute gun-battle. |
| 1/8/1993 | FERA restrictions removed, resident Indians allowed to keep as much as $500. |
| 3/30/1994 | Exim Policy streamlined to attract exporting community. |
| 9/5/1909 | Phiroze Edulji Palia, left-hand batsman and slow spin bowler, was born in Mumbai. He played in India's first Test at Lord's in 1932. |
| 10/21/1997 | RBI de-regulates deposit rates, reduces CRR and Bank Rate (from 10\% to 9) and allows banks to have two sets of Prime Lending Rates. |
| 6/4/1902 | Richard Allen, India, field hockey goal tender (Olympic-gold-1928), was born. |
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