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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
1/22/2000India retains the golf title in the SAARC championship in Dhaka.
4/26/1999India's Atanu Lahiri and Bhagyashree Thipsay won the men's and women's titles respectively in the Commonwealth chess championship in Bikaner.
6/5/1997I. K. Gujral's visit to Nepal was marked by signing of Power Trade Agreement and MoU on civil aviation.
9/24/1997E. S. Venkataramiah (72), former Chief Justice of India, died in Bangalore.
4/8/1985India files suit against Union Carbide in New York for Bhopal gas disaster.
12/10/1886Rameshwari Nehru, social worker and freedom fighter, was born at Lahore.
6/11/1976Indira Gandhi and Brezhnev sign the Moscow Declaration of Friendship and Cooperation.
8/20/1905Lord George Curzon reigned as the Viceroy of India. He was then replaced by Lord Minto II, the Earl of Minto.
11/5/1961Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru arrived in New York. This was the first ocassion when an Indian Prime Minister went to United States.
5/8/1906Prannath Thapar, former General of India, was born.