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Historical Event on 8/18/1920
Harbhajan Singh, educationist and writer, was born at Lumding.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/18/1872 | Pandit Vishnu Digambar Paluskar Gadgil, who provided new heights to North Indian classical music, was born at Kundanwadi at Kolhapur distrist in Maharashtra. |
| 6/24/1946 | Congress party rejects British plan for provisional govt. pending constitution in New Delhi. |
| 9/13/1906 | Surendra Kumar Dey, social reformer and politician, was born at Sylhet (Bangladesh). |
| 9/13/1906 | Don Francis-Di-Almeda of Portugal was succeeded as the Viceroy of Protuguese India by Affonso de Albuquerque, who is regarded as the real founder at Portuguese power in India. |
| 2/12/1998 | Om Prakash, 78, Hindi film comedian, passed away in Mumbai. |
| 3/21/1993 | The 68 km Mangalore-Udupi stretch of the west coast Konkan rail line opened by the PM. |
| 9/29/1990 | Central Government adopt a three-pronged strategy to create additional 30 lakh jobs outside the government sector over the next five years. |
| 12/22/1877 | Shreenivas Ramanujam, famous Indian mathematician, was born. |
| 10/6/1983 | Punjab Government was dismissed to halt religious and political violence by Indira Gandhi, who imposed President's rule in the state. |
| 11/13/1998 | Pravabati Devi (88), freedom fighter and `Mother Teresa of Orissa', dies at the orphanage set up by her at Chharchanpali. |
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