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Historical Event on 6/18/1896
Cota Ramaswami, cricketer (Davis Cup for India 1922, Test 1936), was born in Madras.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/12/1998 | India will not reverse the nuclear programme, declared Mr. Vajpayee. |
| 2/13/1861 | Colonel Bernard Irwin attacks & defeats hostile Chiricahua Indians. |
| 4/5/1993 | K. Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy, Andhra Pradesh's CM, defeats TDP's Renuka Chowdhary by 31,611 votes in the Panyam Assembly election. |
| 1/20/1898 | Krishnarao Ganeshpant Fulanbrikar (Master Krishnarao), famous singer, actor and music director, was born. |
| 4/16/1997 | Govt. orders foreign and domestic airlines to install air safety systems by the end of 1998. Aircraft with more than 30 seats that do not have Airborne Collision Avoidance System and transponders not to be allowed into Indian airpace from 1/1/99. |
| 2/2/1835 | Thomas Babington Macaulay westernises education in India. English is made official government and court language and as medium of instruction. |
| 10/21/1995 | Suresh Mehta, Finance Minister in the outgoing Keshubhai Patel ministry, sworn in as the second BJP CM of Gujarat in Gandhinagar, ending the month-long political turmoil. |
| 7/3/1941 | Adoor Gopalakrishnan, cinematographer (Kathapurushan, Mathulikal), was born. |
| 3/16/1902 | A. Appadorai, educationist and author, was born at Angadipuram, Kerala. |
| 2/4/1948 | Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) banned. Finance Minister announces nationalisation of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) after Sept 30, 1948. |
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