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Historical Event on 11/18/1948

Nearly 500 people were drowned when the ferry steamer Narayan River capsized and sank in the Ganga near Patna.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/4/2000Volvo's Environmental Prize went to Prof. Amulya K. N. Reddy of India and three others for their work on ''How the world's energy resources can be made to suffice as the population grows''.
10/13/1991Shatrughan Sinha, film star, decides to contest New Delhi Lok Sabha seat on a BJP ticket against Rajesh Khanna, the Congress nominee.
3/20/1904Charles Freer Andrews came to India as a Christian Missionary and joined the staff of St. Stephen's College in Delhi.
11/12/1959Keshavrao Marutirao Jedhe, great leader of Harijans and farmers, passed away.
5/23/1993Channa Reddy,Rajasthan Governor, shifted to Tamil Nadu. Motilal Vohra appointed in UP and B. Satyanarayan Reddy moved to Orissa.
7/2/1999In Jammu and Kashmir, nine people are killed by unidentified militants.
1/29/1939Radical Subhas Chandra Rose beats Gandhi's candidature to become Indian President.
8/19/1927Ananta Narsinha Naik, social reformer and politician, was born at Bandora, Goa.
3/4/1961First Indian aircraft carrier naval fighter vessel ''I.N.S. Vikrant'' was commissioned in Belfast.
6/25/1994Dinsha Pirosha Madan, Chief Justice of Supreme Court, died.