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Historical Event on 8/18/1911
Adityanath Jha, former Governor of Delhi, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/16/1955 | Leopold C. M. S. Amery, British minister of Colonies (India), died at the age of 81. |
| 6/6/1997 | U.S. Congress honours Mother Teresa with a gold medal. |
| 8/3/1967 | Rasiklal Das, great revolutionary, died. |
| 2/12/1960 | Chinese army kills 12 Indian soldiers. |
| 1/26/2001 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Ustad Bismillah Khan. |
| 3/30/1993 | S. M. Pandit, famous painter, passed away. |
| 7/31/1991 | Air Chief Marshal Nirmal Chandra Suri PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC. became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/July/1993. |
| 8/26/1996 | Supreme Court asks Harshad Mehta to pay Rs. 217 crore to the Income Tax department. |
| 8/19/1757 | The first rupee coin was minted in Calcutta by the East India Company. |
| 9/27/1703 | More than 8,000 people died in a cyclone in England. |
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