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Historical Event on 9/18/1967

English was adopted the official language of Nagaland .

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/31/1997Fourth National Games opened at Bangalore.
7/4/1989Capt. W. A. Sangma appointed Governor of Mizoram and A. A. Rahim Governor of Meghalaya.
10/24/1605Jahangir became the fourth Emperor of Mughal Empire at Agra.
10/14/1991Prasannakumar Abhyankar, senior journalist, died.
8/14/1896Gandhiji published ""The Green Pamphlet"" at Rajkot and then toured to Bombay, Madras, Poona and Calcutta educating Indians in regard to grievances of South African Indians.
9/24/1936It was reported that in the past two weeks over 2 million of India's depressed classes had renounced Hinduism in favor of Christianity.
8/1/1994Surendra Singh was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-07-1996.
8/4/1845Pherozeshah Mehta, who published the first Hindi newspaper and one of the founders of Indian National Congress, was born in Bombay.
2/14/1658Dara Sulaiman Shukoh was defeated in the struggle for Delhi throne Shuja's in the battle of Bahadurpur near Varanasi.
5/1/1923Under the leadership of Singaravelu Chettiar, the first May day was celebrated in India.