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Historical Event on 2/18/1931
Swraj Paul, Indian and British industrialist and multi-millionaire (Caparo), was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/15/1803 | East India Company captured Orrisa state. |
| 2/17/1948 | Gorkha Rifles Battalion Group (INDBATT) unit was re-designated as the 5th Battalion the 8th Gorkha Rifles (the Sirmoor Rifles). |
| 9/16/1997 | General Manager of Tata Tea remanded to judicial custody on charges of abetting and aiding ULFA. |
| 5/30/1867 | Maulana Mohammad Kasim Nanantavi established the famous Islamic educational centre 'Dar- Ul -Ulum' in Devkampa, Uttar Pradesh. |
| 6/17/1973 | Leander Vece Paes, tennis player who singles bronze at Atlanta Olympics (1996), was born. He was also a winner of French Open in 1999, Gold Flake Open, Newport 1998, Wimbledon 1999 (doubles and mixed doubles). |
| 10/20/1997 | All India Hindu Conference begins at Hardwar. |
| 1/23/1814 | Sir Alexander Canningham, Indian Archeologist, was born. |
| 11/18/1997 | School bus plunges into the Yamuna killing 28 Delhi children. |
| 6/28/1928 | Baburao Sadvelkar, famous painter, was born. |
| 8/7/1998 | The Government announces a banking and foreign exchange package for development of the information technology and software industry following the recommendations of the National Task Force. |
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