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Historical Event on 5/18/1974
Jayaprakash Narayan led a procession against economic conditions in Patna. There was lathi charged and he issued a call for total revolution. He also started the 'Citizens for Democracy' movement.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/12/1674 | Chhatrapati Shivaji signed a friendship treaty with East India Company. |
| 11/3/1991 | India's short range surface-to-air missile (SAM) 'Trishul' successfully tested. |
| 7/11/1994 | Delhi IG (prisons) Kiran Bedi wins Magsaysay Award for public service. |
| 7/25/1988 | Sikh extremists kill the chief priest of the Golden Temple in Amritsar. |
| 1/30/1988 | Sheshrao Wankhede, barrister, passed away. |
| 10/27/1920 | Kocheril Raman Narayanan was born in the village of Uzhavoor in Kottayam district, Kerala. |
| 10/27/1920 | Buhlul Khan Lodi, an Afghan and founder of Lodi dynasty, ascends the throne of Delhi and displaced the Alam Shah of Syed dynasty. |
| 3/19/1907 | Dr. Dilawar Hussain, right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper, was born. |
| 4/23/1991 | Major parties agree to have polls in Punjab. |
| 12/13/1984 | The death toll in a toxic gas leak from an insecticide plant in Bhopal, India, now is estimated at 2,100, and tens of thousands of residents fled the city today after it was announced that the Union Carbide plant would be started up again to neutralize the effect. |
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