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Historical Event on 5/18/1872
Bertrand Russell, great philosopher, mathematician, author and Chairmain of the Indian League, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/2/1947 | Mahatma Gandhi met Lord Bevin, the personal emissary of British Prime Minister Winston Churchil, in Delhi. Beven is reported to have told the great man, ''Eighteen languages, 500 dialects, some 30 religions, a million Gods and Goddesses, 300 million individuals, an infinity of castes and sub castes, and a population (that is) practically illiterate and half of which (are) beggars or thieves... Good luck, sir! Such a nation is ungovernable! It'd take you centuries to get anywhere!''. Gandhiji wrapped his large, white shawl a little more closely around him, and modestly replied, 'India has eternity before her.. and ""All around me is utter darkness"". |
| 11/1/1991 | J.N. Dixit appointed the next Foreign Secretary. |
| 2/19/1994 | Chambal dacoit Phoolan Devi, the Bandit Queen, was freed on parole after 11 years of incarceration. |
| 10/29/1997 | P. Chidambaram, Finance Minister, says Indian rupee will be made fully and freely convertible by year 2000. |
| 10/21/1947 | The office of Controller of Military Accounts (Pensions), Lahore was bifurcated and the pension work relating to Indian nationals was transferred to Allahabad. |
| 4/20/1888 | 246 reported killed by an hail storm in Moradabad, India. |
| 12/10/1907 | Rudyard Kipling, author of `The Jungle Book' and `Kim', received the Nobel prize for literature. |
| 11/23/1983 | Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), the seventh biennial Commonwealth Summit, meets in New Delhi. |
| 1/29/1853 | Madhusudan Rao, modern writer in Oria language, was born. |
| 9/16/2000 | Aparna Popat loses to Kelly Morgan in the first round of the badminton event at the Sydney Olympics. |
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