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Historical Event on 4/18/1858
Bharatratna Dhondo Keshav Karve, great educationalist and social reformer, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/14/1992 | The Lok Sabha passes a bill seeking to confer on the President the powers of the Legislature of J&K. |
| 6/10/1957 | Bhai Vir Singh, great Punjabi poet, novelist, social reformer, musician, humanitarian and Padma Bhushan awardee, died. |
| 9/18/1993 | Asit Sen, famous comedy actor and character artist, died. |
| 11/20/1999 | World sports award of the century given away in Vienna. The jury included IOC chief Samaranch, FIFA President Sepp Blatter, Prince Albert of Monaco and motor racing chief Max Mosley. Award winners were: contact sports Muhammad Ali, Soccer-Pele, athletics-Carl Lewis and Nadia Comaneci, water sport Dawn Fraser and Mark Spitz; motor sport Alain Prost, tennis-Steffi Graf, basketball-Michael Jordan, winter sports (skiing) Annemarie Moser-Proell and Jean-Claude Killy. |
| 1/21/1981 | Bishnu Ram Medhi, chief minister of Assam and Governor of Madras, passed away. |
| 2/2/1952 | India won first cricket Test Match at Chepauk Stadium, Madras. |
| 2/2/1952 | Shahaji Raje Bhosale, father of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, was born. |
| 7/20/1680 | Chhatrapati Sambhaji was throne. |
| 1/24/1976 | Burmah Shell, a private oil company, was nationalised and renamed as Bharat Refineries. |
| 5/5/1944 | Gandhi-Jinnah talks break down on Pakistan issue. |
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