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Historical Event on 1/18/1930

Gurudev Rabindranath Thakur (Tagore) and Mahatma Gandhi met at Sabarmati Ashram.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/19/1970First Indian-made MIG-21 handed over to the Air Force. Privy purses and privileges of former Indian rulers abolished.
5/6/1910Edward VII, King of Great Britain and Emperor of India, died suddenly of pneumonia at Buckingham Palace tonight. He ruled Britain for nine years. Power passed immediately to his son George, the Prince of Wales, who will rule as King George V. The 68-year-old monarch's sudden death threw his country into a state of shock. Edward had apparently caught a cold during a visit the past weekend to the wet grounds of his estate at Sandringham.
10/11/1968Rashtrasant Tukdoji Maharaj passed away. (Samadhee)
10/15/2000Sachin Tendulkar becomes the highest run-getter in one-day internationals (9379 runs) during his innings of 69 in the final of the ICC cricket tournament against New Zealand
2/28/2000The Supreme Court orders notice to the former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Ms. Jayalalitha, on a special leave petition filed by the State Government against the Madras High Court judgment upholding the trial court's order discharging her in the ""coal import case"".
11/13/1953Richard Nixon, the US Vice President, arrives in New Delhi.
11/16/1915Vishnu Ganesh Pingle, martyr, died.
10/19/1954Nehru and Mao meet in Peking.
4/23/1928Narasimha Murtey, educationist, was born at Nandur, A.P.
3/16/1832Sarfoji Bhosle, King of Tanjawar, passed away.