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Historical Event on 9/18/1932

A Hindu delegation is given permission to interview Gandhi, currently held in prison and undertaking a hunger strike. On arrival, they also find he has taken a vow of silence.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/25/1880Syed Muhammad Zamin Ali, great educationist, poet, editor, professor, writer and founder-member of the Hindustani Academy, was born at Mustafabad village in the Rae Bareli district of U.P.
3/18/1938Shashi Kapoor, famous film producer, director, actor and dramatist, was born in Calcutta. He has made sucessful films like Junoon, Kaliyug, Heat and Dust, etc.
8/1/1964Air Chief Marshal Arjan Singh, Padma Vibhushan, DFC. became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 15/07/1969.
3/8/2000The Gujarat Government withdraws its January 3 notification, thus reimposing the ban on its employees from participating in RSS activities.
12/28/1688Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb demolishes all temples (around 1,000) in Mathura. (During their reign, Muslim rulers had destroyed roughly 60,000 Hindu temples throughout India, constructing mosques on 3,000 sites).
12/31/1999This Indian Railway, carries more than 11 million passengers in a day, runs on more than 62,000 route kilometers and more than 1,07,000 track kilometers daily. This is the largest Railway System under Single Management.
4/30/1981C. R. Krishnaswamy Rao was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 08-02-1985.
1/19/1982Bombay High Court finds allegations against Chief Minister A. R. Antulay justified. Antulay resigns.
1/2/1973General S. H. F. J. Manekshaw appointed as Field Marshall.
2/2/1996Doordarshan Kendra was inagurated at Port Blair.