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Historical Event on 7/18/1634
Joannes Camphuys, Governor General of Dutch-Indies (1684-91), was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/19/1986 | Computerised railway ticket reservation system was introduced in New Delhi Railway station. |
| 3/21/1994 | Pakistan blocks access to Indian consulate in Karachi. |
| 6/29/1757 | Mir Zafar was installed on the throne as the Nawab of Bengal, Bihar and Orrisa from Murshidabad. |
| 2/23/1946 | Some 300,000 Indians joined in anti-British demonstrations today in the wake of yesterday's violent riots in the city of Bombay. Indian Navy rebels. A day of terror and rebellion saw Indian Navy members turn against their British officers firing machine guns. |
| 2/10/1946 | Gandhiji revives 'Harijan' and allied group of weekly journals. |
| 8/27/1870 | Sharmajivi Sangha was established in Calcutta by Sashipada Banerji. |
| 4/14/1979 | Sanjiva Reddy,President, flagged off the first electric train in Madras. |
| 2/4/1976 | Lok Sabha's life extended by one year. |
| 11/27/1935 | Prakash Bhandari, cricketer (3 Tests for India in mid-50's, 77 runs), was born in Delhi |
| 2/10/1806 | Father Kuriakose Elias Chavara, freedom fighter and social reformer, was born at Kainakary , Kerala. |
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