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Historical Event on 9/18/1972
India becomes the top film producer of the world with 433 feature films made in 1971.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/6/1962 | Peking agrees to talks with India to settle border disputes. |
| 1/5/1994 | Jnanpith Award for Oriya Poet Sitakant Mahapatra. |
| 5/15/1949 | Matsya Union formally merged with Greater Rajasthan. |
| 3/21/1976 | The Indian people have delivered a stinging rebuke to the woman who had ruled them without the benefit of a constitution for the past 19 months by dumping her from office in a landslide election. After 11 years of rule, Indira Gandhi has resigned, and in an uncharacteristically humble statement said she ""accepted the verdict unreservedly"" and promised ""constructive cooperation"" with the new government. The heads of the victorious parties immediately dropped the year-and-a-half-old state of emergency, freed political prisoners, and began negotiations over who would head the new government. |
| 1/4/1995 | IAF batch (Angel of Mercy) returns from Somalia after 16 months of stay and 700 sorties. |
| 12/10/1948 | Human Rights Day. |
| 1/19/1855 | G. Subramaniam Iyer, active worker of Indian National Congress since its establishment, was born. |
| 12/25/1999 | An Indian Airlines aircraft with 187 passengers on board is hijacked. The plane was going from Katmandu to New Delhi. It lands near Abu Dhabi after several hops. |
| 10/25/1980 | Sahir Ludhiyanvi, famous Urdu poet, died. |
| 2/17/1991 | Krishnabai Mote, famous author and social worker, passed away. |
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