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Historical Event on 6/18/1946

Congress Working Committee decides to accept Interim Government scheme.

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9/4/1979India need 438 to win v England, game ends at 8-429.
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8/10/1992P. P. Thorat, retired Lt and General, died.
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3/11/1886Anandibai Gopalrao Joshi became the first Indian lady doctor. She passed the MBBS degree from Philadelphia University of America.
11/29/1869Amritlal Vithaldas Thakkar (Thakkar Bappa), social reformer of Gujrat and right hand of Gandhiji in socially segregated Harijans, was born at Bhavnagar, Saurashtra.
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