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Historical Event on 4/18/1991

Kerala declared the first fully literate state in the country.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/31/1926Probir ""Khokhan"" Sen, cricket wicket-keeper (India in late 40's/early 50's), was born.
11/29/2000India strikes a counter-trade oil deal with Iraq as part of an effort to build a strategic relationship with Baghdad.
6/23/2000Indian journalist Palagummi Sainath gets Amnesty International Global award for human rights journalism..
6/4/1955Ministry of Iron & Steel inaugurated.
2/18/1905Indian Home Rule Society was founded at London by Shyamji Krishna Varma.
5/30/1985Earthquake in Srinagar.
12/15/1974Rasulatbai, veteran classical music expert, died.
7/31/2000The Government announces appointment of Justice B. M. Lal as Chairman of the MRTP Commission.
1/17/1888Babu Gulab Rai, famous Hindi essy writer, critic and historian, was born.
6/1/1959National Aeronautical Research Laboratory (NARL) set up under CSIR with temporary offices in New Delhi. Dr. P. Nilakantan is appointed NARL's first Director.