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Historical Event on 9/18/1879

Welthy Housinger Fisher, an American adult educationist in India, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/7/1958Nehru said the role of Gen. Mohammed Ayub Khan in Pakistan had increased the 'risk and danger of war' between India and Pakistan.
7/17/1930Lord Irwin,British Viceroy, allows Indian moderates to visit Gandhi in prison.
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1/15/1973Air Chief Marshal Pratap Chandra Lal, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, DFC. retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command.
7/22/1991New industrial policy for liberalisation of economies announced in Parliament.
12/4/1919Inderkumar Gujral, former Prime Minister of India, was born at Jhelum (Pakistan).
1/21/1981Bishnu Ram Medhi, chief minister of Assam and Governor of Madras, passed away.
3/29/1857Sepoy Mangal Pandey shot the first bullet of 1857 Indian mutiny in the barracks of Barrackpur near Calcutta against British Empire. This was the starting of the mutiny.
5/27/1962Ravishankar Jayadritha Shastri, cricketer (Indian SLA all-rounder 1981-92), was born in Bombay.
4/29/1848Raja Ravi Verma, famous classic, prolific painter and great Indian Artist, was born in Kilimanoor, Kerala.