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Historical Event on 9/18/1917

Sher Singh, educationist and politician, was born at Baghpur (Haryana).

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/15/1962S. S. Khera was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 18-11-1964.
10/20/1997All India Hindu Conference begins at Hardwar.
12/6/1995Prabhakar Barve,painter of international fame, passed away.
5/12/1995India refused to sign NPT in its present discriminatory form.
10/11/1876Saint Gadgebaba, Bengali story writer and novelist, was born.
5/17/1996Rusi Modi, cricketer (736 runs 10 post-war Tests for India), passed away.
1/8/2000The Government reconstitutes the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts and Trust and retains Mrs. Sonia Gandhi as a trustee along with Mr. P. V. Narasimha Rao, Prof. Yashpal and Dr. Abid Hussain.
12/27/1929Jawaharlal Nehru hoists the national flag at the All India National Congress session held in Lahore. They resolved for ""Purna Swaraj"" (complete independence) on the instance of Gandhiji, the Viceroy of India that time was Lord Irwin.
2/25/1998Tendulkar's first first-class 204* for Mumbai vs Australia.
2/15/1992Kesri Publications started the first Indian newspaper in `Brail' lipi (language).