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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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| 4/18/1991 | Kerala declared the first fully literate state in the country. |
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| 10/11/1876 | Saint Gadgebaba, Bengali story writer and novelist, was born. |
| 7/24/1911 | Pannalal Ghosh, famous flute player, was born. |
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