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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
4/22/1942The Telecommunication Training Centre was established at Jabalpur.
12/28/1981Salman Rushdie is awarded the Booker Prize for Midnight's Children.
6/11/2000Rajesh Pilot, Congress(I) leader and former Union Minister, died in a road accident in his home constituency, Dausa.
7/10/1949Sunil Manohar Gavaskar, great Indian cricket player (opener, 10,122 Test runs), was born in Bombay. He has received Arjun Award (1975) and Padma Bhushan (1980).
8/28/1928Mambillikalathil Govind Kumar Menon, noted physicist and scientific advisor to the Prime Minister, was born at Mangalore in Karnataka.
11/17/1925Jemini Ganesh, film actor, was born.
1/1/1995N.D.Tiwari steps down as president of UP Congress committee.
12/1/1932A round-table conference on India fails to reach an agreement at London.
2/1/1971Ajaysingh Jadeja, cricketer (Indian opening batsman), was born in Jamnagar.
6/5/1973Madhav Sadashiv Golvalkar, politician and RSS chief, passed away.