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Historical Event on 4/18/1959
Premier Chou En-lai insists Tibetan Dalai Lama was abducted to India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/15/1936 | Nabin Chandra Bardoloi, freedom fighter, passed away. He was known for his patriotism and zeal for constructive work and was a forceful and emotional orator and debater and an eminent writer in Assamese litrature. He was also a musician and composed good number of patriotic poems and songs. |
| 4/2/1987 | Indian Standards Institution becomes Bureau of Indian Standards. |
| 8/17/1934 | Murasoli Shanmuga Sundram Maran was born in Thirukkuvalai village in Thiruvarur (Tamil Nadu). |
| 7/29/1996 | Aruna Asaf Ali, freedom fighter and player of important role in Quit India Movement, passed away in New Delhi. She was awarded with Bharat Ratna. |
| 7/29/1996 | Pedro Alvaris, Portugese businessman, reached Calicut and established the first European factory in India. |
| 11/17/1966 | India's beauty queen Rita Faria was crowned as 'Miss World' in World Beauty contest held in London. She was a medical student. |
| 6/12/2000 | The Government appointed S. K. Mahajan of Delhi High Court as the chairman of the one-man tribunal to adjudicate whether or not there was sufficient cause for declaring LTTE as unlawful. |
| 4/11/1993 | Laxmanrao Madhav Bhide, senior freedom fighter and history expert, passed away. |
| 10/11/1962 | Chinese, Indian troops clash on border, claiming 50 lives. |
| 10/13/1991 | Shatrughan Sinha, film star, decides to contest New Delhi Lok Sabha seat on a BJP ticket against Rajesh Khanna, the Congress nominee. |
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