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Historical Event on 9/18/1972
India becomes the top film producer of the world with 433 feature films made in 1971.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/18/1972 | Akbar, great Mughal Emperor, won Kabul. |
| 2/11/1997 | India and Russia agree on a package of trade and economic cooperation measures, following Foreign Minister I K Gujral's discussions in Moscow. |
| 5/16/1960 | International Telex Service between India and U.K. started. |
| 5/1/1913 | Balraj Sahani, famous film actor, was born. |
| 9/24/1922 | Jugal Mondal, social worker and politician, was born at Howrah. |
| 5/28/1996 | 13-day-old BJP-led minority coalition govt. headed by A.B. Vajpayee quits at the end of a two-day debate on a motion of confidence. |
| 10/9/1987 | Official Languages Rules, 1976 amended. |
| 1/26/1926 | V. G. Kanitkar, famous Marathi literatteur, was born. |
| 1/26/1926 | Mughal Emperor Akbar was proclaimed as successor of Humayun at the age of tewelve years at Kalanur, Gurudaspur district, Punjab. Akbar (1542-1605), grandson of Babur, became third Mughal Emperor at the age of 13 years. He de-established Islam as state religion and declared himself impartial ruler of Hindus and Muslims. He also encouraged Art, Culture and Religious Tolerance. |
| 5/18/1973 | A powerful underground explosion rocked India's desert of Rajasthan today, making India the sixth nation in history to set off a nuclear device. The blast, which took place at a depth of 330 feet, was in the range of 10-15 kilotons, smaller than the bomb exploded by the US at Nagasaki in World War II. India is signatory to the 1963 test ban treaty, and thus was prohibited from exploding the device on land or in the air. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi claimed the purpose of the test was peaceful and said 'such explosions may have their use in mining operations'. |
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