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Historical Event on 11/18/1961
The Navy went into action under the command of Rear Admiral BS Soman, then Flag Officer Commanding, Indian Fleet. The ships conducted their mission in three geographical areas for liberating Goa .
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/22/1955 | Sadashiv Garpatrao Shinde, cricketer (12 wkts in 7 Tests for India), died at the age of 31. |
| 12/28/1907 | Vitthal Narayan Kothiwale, great author, was born at Garoth (Malva). |
| 3/13/1857 | Lord William Pit, Governer General of India (1823-28), passed away. |
| 2/17/1883 | Vasudeo Balvant Phadke, great revolutionary, freedom fighter and social reformer, passed away in prison at Aden. |
| 5/8/1990 | Paul Mantosh and Joss Fernandes take oath as nominated Anglo-Indian members in Lok Sabha. |
| 10/27/1987 | Vijay Merchant, cricketer (Test average 47.72, 1st-class avg 71), died. |
| 10/23/1996 | Amjad Ali Khan, sarod maestro, appointed UNICEF's national ambassador for children. |
| 10/10/1964 | Gurbachan Singh Randhawa sets record for 110m Her. in 14.09s at Tokyo. |
| 4/22/1983 | Smt. Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India, visited ICMR Headquarters and held discussions with senior scientists of ICMR. ICMR revived research on indigenous drugs/traditional medicine with a new, disease-oriented approach and a Scientific Advisory Group on Traditional Medicine Research was constituted in 1983 but actual studies (Multicentric Clinical Trials, Centres for Advanced Research, Central Biostatistical Monitoring Unit etc.) were started in 1984-85. |
| 2/3/1954 | More than 500 pilgrims died in an accident on the river bank at the ""Kumbha Mela"" in Allahabad. |
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