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Historical Event on 3/18/1992
Shreyanprasad Jain, famous philanthropist and industrialist, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/30/1992 | Import duty on gold halved; minor concessions in direct taxes. |
| 5/17/1996 | Four members (Sange Sherpa, Hira Ram, Tashi Ram, Nadre Sherpa) of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police expedition climb Mount Everest from the Chinese side. |
| 12/28/1972 | C. Rajagopalachari, the only Indian Governor General, died. |
| 10/12/1998 | Sushma Swaraj is sworn in Delhi Chief Minister in place of Mr. Sahib Singh Verma |
| 4/8/1991 | Prafulla Kumar Mahanta,Assam CM, steps down as party chief. |
| 8/4/1933 | Gandhi is imprisoned for one year for breaking a restraint order. |
| 11/3/2000 | BCCI suspends five cricketers -Mohammed Azaruddin, Ajay Sharma, Ajay Jadeja, Nayan Mongia and Manoj Prabhakar--for a period of 15 days after the CBI report. |
| 10/5/1907 | British MP Keir Hardie reported fomenting rebellion in India. |
| 1/15/1784 | Sir William Jones, Judge and linguist, and Sir Warren Hastings established the Asiatic Society of Bengal at Calcutta. This was the first scholastic institution. |
| 2/1/1969 | Pinaki Chatterji and George Albert Duke on a two-man rowing expedition to the Andamans set out from Calcutta. |
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