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Historical Event on 7/18/1909
Vishnu Dey, Gyanpeeth awardee and famous Bengali poet, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/7/1942 | Anandshankar Bapubhai Dhruv, famous Gujarati expert, Sanskrit Pandit and editor of a monthly magzine, died. |
| 2/2/1996 | Doordarshan Kendra was inagurated at Port Blair. |
| 5/19/1954 | The Govt. of India constituted a National Film Board. |
| 10/24/1945 | UNO Day. |
| 5/22/1993 | Congress (I) suffers reverses in the by-elections. |
| 2/3/2000 | Dr. Bimal Jalan, RBI Governor, unveils a seven-point agenda for banking sector reforms. |
| 8/19/1903 | Gangadhar Devram Khanolkar, biographer and critic, was born. |
| 5/11/1919 | Troops under General Barrett inflicted a sharp reverse today on the invading Afghans at Bagh Springs. The whole of the frontier area was up in arms with tribesmen threatening Landi Khotal and martial law being proclaimed in Peshawar. It was expected however that General Barrett, well equipped with guns and airplanes, would soon control the situation. Reports had been reaching London for some time about the possibility of an Afghan incursion following the murder of the pro-British Emir Habibullah. His third son, Amanullah Khan, who took over the throne, was known to be hostile toward the government of India. |
| 6/20/1869 | Laxmanrao Kirloskar, great industrialist, social reformer, patriot and founder of Kirloskar Industry, was born at Belgaum. |
| 10/30/1909 | Homi Jahangir Bhabha, famous nuclear scientist, was born in Bombay. |
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