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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 |
| 4/16/2000 | India wins the second leg of the pre-olympic hockey tournament at Perth. |
| 10/15/1972 | Nirmalkumar Bose, great Indian human scientist, died. |
| 5/4/1993 | Santosh Yadav became the first Indian woman to conquer the Everest twice. |
| 9/3/1997 | India and E.U. sign an agreement envisaging a $200 m. E.U. aid for the country's primary health care programme. |
| 2/7/1931 | Shila Kaul, the chief minister of New Delhi, was born. |
| 10/28/1984 | Federal agents early this morning caught Guru Shree Rajneesh trying to flee the country. Rajneesh was charged with violating immigration laws and arranging phoney marriages for his cult members. The religious leader was nabbed at Charlotte, North Carolina airport when his jet, bound for Bermuda, touched down for re-fueling. The Bhagwan ran a commune of about 1,500 people in Oregon. Thousands more cult members live in Rajneesh's native land India and other countries. He knew the federal government had no faith in him after his chief adviser, a woman named Ma Anand Sheela, was arrested in West Germany for several minor offenses. Rajneesh appeared in court on this date clad in a lavender robe. |
| 2/1/1976 | Air Marshal Hrushikesh Moolgavkar PVSM, MVC, became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/Aug/1978. |
| 12/31/1988 | Nuclear Fuel Complex was established in Hyderabad. |
| 8/28/1997 | Tiwari and Surinderjit Kaur set national records in hammer throw in Federation Cup Athletics. |
| 11/5/1892 | John Burdon Sanderson Haldane, biologist, was born at Oxford. |
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