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Historical Event on 4/18/1612
Marriage of Shahjahan and Mumtaj Mahal.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/22/1993 | Gundu Rao, former Chief Minister of Karnataka, died. He was 56. |
| 12/6/1946 | Anglo-Indian talks end in failure after three days at London. |
| 8/28/1997 | Election Commission orders that no convicted person will be allowed to contest elections even if an appeal against the conviction was pending in a higher court. |
| 10/10/1957 | Jagdeep', a children's film, won the first prize at the Ninth International Exhibition of Films for Children at Venice. |
| 8/26/1947 | Nawab of Bhopal announced accession of the Bhopal state to the Indian Dominion. |
| 12/12/1992 | The world's largest monolithic granite statue of Lord Buddha, weighing 350 tonnes, placed on the 'Rock of Gibraltar' in the midst of Hussain Sagar lake in Hyderabad. |
| 4/11/1942 | All-India Congress party rejects British offer of dominion status at New Delhi. |
| 10/15/1990 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Dr. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (b-1918), the South African black nationalist leader who arrived in India on a five-day visit. He is the first non-Asian to get this honour. |
| 11/20/1998 | Dr. Mohammed Yunus, Chairman of the Grameen Bank of Dhaka, is selected for the 1998 Indira Gandhi prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development. |
| 5/24/1993 | India and Uzbekistan sign five pacts. |
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