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Historical Event on 11/18/1974

Telex Service started between India and Pakistan.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/21/1947First postal stamp of indepedent India of three and half annas denomination was started. Major General Cariappa took over from Lieutenant General Sir Francies Tulker as the Army Commander, Eastern Command, in the rank of Lieutenant General.
3/9/1990Darbara Singh, former Punjab Chief Minister, died.
10/6/1999INLD-BJP combine wins by big margin in Haryana.
6/23/1997Acharya Tulsi, the founder of Terapanthi sector in Jainism, died. (20-10-98).
4/11/1942All-India Congress party rejects British offer of dominion status at New Delhi.
4/9/1965After Indo-Pak conflict of 1965, the Raksha Medal, Samar Seva Star and some others were introduced.
3/1/1997Gopi Chand and P.V.V. Lakshmi retain individual titles and India takes team titles in SAARC badminton in Colombo.
12/23/1977Harvinder Singh, great Indian ODI pace-bowler (1997), was born.
4/6/1930Mahatma Gandhi picked up a lump of natural salt for breaking the 'Salt Law'. He was arrested at Dandi. This movement gathered strength and within a month about one lakh people were sent to jail. This violation of Salt Law was the second great step in India's Freedom Movement.
2/19/1993Salseng C. Marak sworn in as the Congress-I CM in Meghalaya.