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Historical Event on 1/18/1947

Kundanlal Saigal, famous film star and unique singer, died at Jalandhar.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/29/1998The new govt. wins the vote of confidence in the Lok Sabha.
1/5/1890Ganendra Mohan Tagore died.
1/3/1945No. 8 Squadron becomes the first to convert onto the Spitfire VIII during the previous month and commencing operations on 3 January 1945 in the Kangaw area.
11/27/1907Harivanshrai Bachchan, famous Hindi writer and poet, was born at Allahabad.
3/21/1992India's second submarine 'Shankul' joined Navy.
11/8/1965British Indian Ocean Territory formed.
10/29/1851British Indian Association was established in Bengal with Radha Kanta Dev as president and Devendranath Tagore as the Secretary.
9/4/1825Dadabhai Naoroji, first Indian in British parliament and merchant, was born at Navsari, Gujarat. He coined the word 'Swaraj'.
8/18/1985Assam Assembly dissolved (18).
1/1/1918Sir Edwin Lutyens was knighted in recognition of his quality of work at Delhi and his gratuitious services to the War Graves Commission.