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Historical Event on 8/18/1956
Sandeep Madhusudan Patil, great Indian batsman, was born in Bombay.
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| 7/15/1920 | Earthquake in Delhi. |
| 1/2/1997 | Bihar wins team titles in both men's and women's sections in national archery. Limba Ram and Purnima Mahato, both of Bihar, win individual crowns in men's and women's sections respectively. Turkey's `Pocket Hercules', weightlifter Naim Suleymanoglu, who captured three Olympic gold medals, calls it a day in Ankara. |
| 7/16/1992 | Amar Varma, Hindi author, producer and director, died. |
| 2/15/1869 | Mirza ""Galib"" Asad Ullah Beg Khan, famous Urdu poet and writer, passed away. |
| 3/1/1961 | The first AN-12B arrived in India. This was added in the force because of the increasing frequency of clashes with Chinese forces on the Sino-lndian Himalayan border and the need that these revealed for yet further increase in airlift capability, together with a requirement for medium helicopters suitable for high-altitude operation, orders were placed in the Soviet Union for eight Antonov An- 12B and 24IL-yushin 11- 14 transport aircraft plus 10 Mi-4 helicopters. |
| 3/1/1901 | Vaidya Jogeshchandra Banerjee was born. |
| 7/15/1991 | The 25-day-old Narasimha Rao government wins a vote of confidence in Lok Sabha by securing 241 to 111; 112 abstained. |
| 7/4/1922 | Ghulam Ahmed, cricketer (off-spinner in 22 Tests for India in 1950's), was born in Hyderabad. |
| 4/26/1920 | Srinivas Ramanujam, famous Indian mathematician, passed away at Chetpet in Madras. |
| 7/26/1933 | Gandhiji went back to Sabarmati Ashram after his release from jail. |
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