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Historical Event on 1/18/1913

Gandhiji refers in ''Indian Opinion'' the possibility of return home to India by mid-year.

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2/28/1950The Finance Minister announces the setting up of the Planning Commission with Nehru and Nanda as Chairman and Deputy Chairman respectively.
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3/24/1998G.M.C. Balayogi of the Telugu Desam is elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha as the candidate of the BJP-led Government.
6/19/1947Salman Rushdie, English writer, was born in Bombay.
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5/30/1985Earthquake in Srinagar.
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