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Historical Event on 8/18/1923
Jamshed Khudadaad Irani, cricket wicket-keeper for India during the 1947-48 Australia tour, was born in Karachi.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
2/18/1931 | Swraj Paul, Indian and British industrialist and multi-millionaire (Caparo), was born. |
3/7/1974 | T. T. Krishnamachari, former Finance Minister, passed away. |
5/18/1926 | Naranjan Bhagat, famous Gujrathi poet, was born. |
12/3/1971 | Pakistan took the initiative of striking the airfields both in the East and the West. While the IAF carried out retaliatory air strikes in the West and shot the Pakistan Air Force (PAP) out of the skies. |
8/10/1998 | Sri Bhuteshanandji Maharaj, 97, president of the Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission, died in Calcutta. |
1/9/1854 | Govind Vasudev Kanitkar, noted poem writier, novelist and translator, was born. |
7/1/1955 | Imperial Bank of India was inaugurated and was renamed as State Bank of India. |
7/1/1913 | Vasantrao Phulsing Naik, former Chief Minister of Maharashtra State, was born at Ganuli (Yeotmal). |
9/30/1997 | At least 20 civilians were killed and over 30 injured in unprovoked firing by Pakistani troops on Kargil town in Jammu&Kashmir. |
9/9/1997 | Pravin Thipsay becomes India's third chess Grand Master. |
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