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Historical Event on 11/18/1972

Tiger was adopted as India's 'National Animal'

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/13/1877Bhulabhai Desai, politician, was born.
9/9/1941Syed Abid Ali, great Indian medium pace-bowler and all-rounder, was born at Hyderabad.
2/3/1905Sir Padampat Singhania, great industrialist, was born at Kanpur.
12/7/1979First International Children's Films Festival was held in Bombay.
1/26/1915Rani Gaidinliu, freedom fighter, social reformer and political leader, was born at Nungkao village, Manipur State.
1/29/1931Gandhiji sails for England as Congress delegate to Second Round Table Conference. This conference was attended by Madan Mohan Malaviya and Sarojini Naidu.
9/10/1992All movable and immovable properties of big bull Harshad Mehta, and others involved in the Security scam, attached.
8/9/1992Golden jubilee celebrations of the Quit India Movement begin in Bombay.
5/18/1946Gandhiji discusses Plan with Cabinet Mission.
6/5/1984Operation 'Blue Star' was launched by Indira Gandhi. Indian commandos stormed into Sikh's holiest gurudwara Golden Temple in Amritsar to flush out the terrorists and other anti-government elements. Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and over 325 people were killed in the temple. Thus a great rebel arose all over the nation and specially in Punjab.