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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.

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2/3/1995The Transplantation of Human Organs Act, notified after 7 months of Presidential assent, becomes enforceable.
3/16/1998Sonia Gandhi is elected chairperson of the Congress(I) Parliamentary Party.
12/20/1978Riots in many Indian cities in protest against Indira Gandhi's imprisonment.
12/12/1901Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore founded the first dance school called as ""Kala Bhawan"" and established the ""Barahamacharya Ashram"", the core of Vishwa Bharati University of Shantiniketan, near Bolpur. It was formally opened on December.
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10/30/1966First meeting of the Shiv Sena at Shivaji Park.
12/24/1973E.V.Ramasami, founder of DMK party, prominent leader, great social worker and revolutionary freedom fighter, died at the age of 94.
6/10/1890Sunday introduced as a weekly holiday.
4/12/1912Kirpal Singh Narang, social reformer and educationist, was born at Amritsar (Punjab).