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Historical Event on 7/18/1998

The Maharashtra Government bans the controversial Marathi play on Nathuram Godse, assassin of Mahatma Gandhi. It was produced by Mr. Udhay Dhurat.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/9/1997Sonia Gandhi addresses Congress plenary session at Calcutta.
7/21/1930Anand Bakshi, famous lyrisist, was born.
2/6/1949India to nationalize the estate of Nizam, the world's richest man, from Hyderabad.
4/14/1990J&K Assembly dissolved.
7/28/1989Mufti Mohammad Sayeed was disqualified from Rajya Sabha. It was the first case of such disqualification from the House under anti-defection law.
9/17/1879E.V. Ramaswami Naicker, prominent leader of Dravid movement and social reformer, was born at Erode in Tamil Nadu.
1/29/1996S.R. Bommai was replaced by Laloo Prasad Yadav as Janata Dal president.
1/15/1999Mi. Pa. Somasundaram (79), writer, poet, litterateur and associate of Rajaji, died in Chennai.
8/20/1979Indian premier Charan Singh resigns.
3/25/19911991 census report released; India has 844 million people.