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Historical Event on 4/18/1917

Gandhi saw one of his testing grounds of Satyagraha in Champaran. He defied section 144 of Criminal Act.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/16/1681Sambhaji was crowned as the successor of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in a function held at Raigad Fort.
10/18/2000Supreme Court gives the nod for construction of the Sardar Sarovar Dam on the Narmada river.
7/31/1996Joginder Singh became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 30/06/97).
3/10/1940Banwarilal Bhagwandas Purohit, famous leader of Vidarbha, was born.
4/2/1987Indian Standards Institution becomes Bureau of Indian Standards.
6/19/1931Nandini Satpathy, politician, was born at Cuttack in Orissa.
4/17/1945Gandhiji, in a statement regarding the ensuing San Francisco Conference, says that 'peace is impossible without equality and freedom of India'. Also demands a just peace for Germany and Japan.
5/25/1996DMK-led coalition ministry headed by R.V. Janakiraman sworn in Pondicherry.
12/27/1987Vijaypal Singh sets a record for TJ in 16.79s at Trivandrum .
4/10/1760Gerard George Clifford, head of East-Indian Company, passed away at the age of 75.