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Historical Event on 5/18/1933

Gandhiji commences at noon 21 days' fast for self-purification; released unconditionally at 9 p.m.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/29/1947A conference of the Governor General and the two PMs of India and Pakistan with their military commanders to stop communal riots in the Punjab.
7/19/1990Planning Commission decides to make changes in the Gadgil formula for central assistance to States in consultation with states.
8/14/1980Centre nationalizes Maruti company.
8/30/1994The ruling CPC-led Left Front captures large majority of gram panchayat seats in Tripura civic polls.
5/7/1950Punjab Mail train crashed near Jasidh killing 81 persons.
5/4/1799Tipu Sultan is killed in a battle against 5,000 British soldiers who stormed and razed his capital, Seringapatanam.
7/12/1980Congress (I) gets absolute majority in Rajya Sabha.
6/27/1964Teen Murti Bhavan, official residence of the Prime Minister of India, became the Nehru Memorial Museum.
7/17/1935Dr. Ram Babu Gupta, cricket test umpire for 11 tests from 1986-89, was born at Delhi.
9/10/1943Satyendra Chandra Bardhan, Vakkom Abdul Khader, Fouja Singh, Boniface Pereira and Anandan were hanged on charges of conspiracy to ""wage war against the King"" under the Ememy Agents Ordinance (which was given retrospective effect) at Madras Jail. They sang Vande Mataram and shouted ""Bharat Mata Ki Jai"" when they were being hanged.