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Historical Event on 8/18/1900

Vijayalakshmi Pandit, first woman President of U.N.O. General Assembly, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/22/1996Ravi Shastri appointed UNICEF's national ambassador for children.
6/8/1915P.C.Kuttikrishnan 'Urub', Malyalam story writer and novelist, was born.
8/3/1994The first successful heart transplant operation was performed at the All India Institute of Medical Science, New Delhi, by a team of doctors led by Prof. P. Venugopal (25-2-96).
6/11/1907Shantilal Jivanlal Gandhi, famous Hindi writer, was born in Mehmadabad, Gujarat .
9/1/1956Life Insurance Corporation of India was established and all Life Insurance Business Companies were nationalised and merged in this corporation.
3/12/1992A devastating wave of car-bomb explosions killed an estimated 300 people and injured hundreds more today in the large western Indian port city of Bombay. The first blast ripped through the city's stock exchange building, and minutes later a dozen slightly less powerful explosions rocked the bustling city center.The bomb attacks appeared to have been part of a carefully planned operation.The devices were clearly meant to cause maximum loss of life and damage to property.
3/23/1942Japanese forces occupy Rangoon, Andaman Islands in Indian Ocean.
5/31/1968F.V. Arul became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 06/05/71).
7/5/1968Naval Submarine wing in Indian Naval Force came into existence with the arrival of the first submarine from the Soviet Union.
6/27/1967First Indian made AVRO aircraft passenger Plane HS748 handed over to Indian Airlines.