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Historical Event on 8/18/1896
Raghupati Sahay ""Firaq Gorakhpuri"", revolutionary Urdu poet, was born. He was honoured with the highest literary awards, including the Sahitya Academy Award in 1960 and Bharatiya Gyanpeeth Award in 1969. His notable works include ""Ruh-e-Kayenaat (Spirit of Universe, 1945)"" and ""Ramz-O-Kinayaat (Suggestion, 1946)"".

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1/20/1817	Ram Mohun Roy started Hindu College in Calcutta with the help of Justice H. East David Hare. This college was later renamed as the Presidency College.
9/5/1888	Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888-1975), panentheist, great renaissance philosopher, eminent writer, free India's first vice-president and second president, was born at Tiruttani near Madras.
7/21/1988	Indian National Satellite (INSAT-1C) launched. This is operational multi-purpose communication and meteorology satellite. It served for only one and a half years. It was launched by European Ariane launch vehicle Ariane-3.
6/3/1901	Mahakavi G. Sankara Kurup, Malayalam poet, was born. He was the first winner of the conveted Gyaanpeeth Award in 1965 for his poems "Odakkuzhal" in Malayalam.
2/28/1928	C. V. Raman invented 'Raman Effect' of scattered light, which led him in achieving the 'Nobel Prize'.
4/24/1996	SC holds that bank managers acting beyond their authority in allowing overdrafts and passing cheques would be amounted to committing misconduct.
10/12/1976	Indian Airlines Caravelle crashed after take off from Bombay.
10/18/1992	Zimbabwe's first Test match vs India at Harare.
4/28/1993	Troops storm police complex in Srinagar and free officials from the rebelling 2000 policemen.
1/30/1971	Indian Airline's Fokker Friendship aircraft in India was hijacked to Lahore.

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