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Historical Event on 5/18/1966
Panchanan Maheshwari, great Indian scientist of botany, passed away. He studied the morphology, anatomy and embryology of some angiosperms, the class of plants which produce flowers. He discovered species of plants like ""Panchanania Jaipuriensis and Isoeted Panchananil."" He wrote two authoritative books, 'An Introduction to the Embryology of Angiosperms' & 'Recent Advances in Embryology on Angiosperms'. In 1951, he founded the International Society of plant Morphologists.

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8/23/1933	Mahatma Gandhi was released from government detention in the Poona Civil Hospital after doctors warned that his fast was endangering his life. Gandhi, who undertook the fast eight days ago in protest over being arrested again by British authorities, weighed 90 pounds at the time of his release. There was considerable speculation over what the nationalist leader would do upon regaining his strength, but the common assumption was that he would be arrested again by the British authorities if he resumed his civil disobedience.
8/27/1910	Mother Teresa, [Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu], nobel Prize awardee and social worker, was born in Skopje, Macedonia in Yugoslavia.
8/11/1997	135 persons killed in flash floods in Shimla & Kiannaur districts of Himachal Pradesh.
9/6/1965	Full scale warfare broke out all along the international border between West Pakistan and India. Pakistani troops advanced towards the Indian town of Akhnur in Kashmir and Pakistani paratroopers raided Punjab.
6/1/1938	Continental Publication' started.
2/2/1996	Gold price zooms to all-time record high of Rs. 5600 per 10 grams.
3/14/1994	Narsinha Rao, Prime Minister, arrives in London for a 4-day official visit.
1/2/1979	Gavaskar gets twin tons for India for the third time (vs West Indies).
12/30/1947	India informs Pakistan and other dominion representatives that it has decided to refer the Kashmir issue to the Security Council under Article 35 of the United Nations Charter.
1/5/1990	Mohammad Azharuddin was made captain of Indian cricket team.

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