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Historical Event on 5/18/1901
Nibaran Chandra Chakrabarti, great poet and Hindi writer, was born in Brahmangaon, (Dacca).
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| 10/17/1979 | Supreme Court stays the execution of all death sentences. |
| 9/13/1984 | Swami Brahmanand died. He established Brahmanand Inter College (1938), Brahmanand Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya (1943) and Brahmanand Mahavidyalaya (1960). He joined the freedom movement and participated in Salt Satyagraha, Non Cooperation Movement and Quit India Movement. |
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| 4/22/1994 | Chabbildas Mehta sworn in as Gujarat CM. |
| 8/25/1992 | Veerappa Moily, Karnataka minister, stripped of Education portfolio. |
| 1/29/1997 | Olympic Hockey captain Pargat Singh announces retirement. |
| 12/12/1999 | R. K. Raghavan, CBI Director, said the agency will be ready for probe again in Priyadarshini Matto murder case. |
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