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Historical Event on 10/18/1861

Chintaman Vinayak Vaidya, historian and researcher, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/10/1846British forces under Hugh Gough defeated Sikhs in the Battle of Sobrahan in India.
9/28/1993Gas pipe below Karakas National Highway exploded claiming 58 lives.
9/9/1920Anglo Oriental College of Aligargh became Aligarh Muslim University. It was the first university to use the regional language.
8/12/2000Neelam Jaswant Singh heaves the discus to a National mark (59.53m) in the Travancore National circuit athletics meet in Thiurvananthapuram.
6/26/1995Madhya Pradesh declared ""Tiger State"" as it homes one sixth of the world's tiger population.
8/26/1996Supreme Court asks Harshad Mehta to pay Rs. 217 crore to the Income Tax department.
7/31/1946Jinnah threatens sanctions of ""Direct Action"".
5/31/1981First developmental launch of SLV-3, Rohini (RS-D1) placed in orbit. It was used for conducting some remote sensing technology studies using a landmark sensor payload.
8/20/1991Indian Oil Executive Director K. Doraiswamy released after 52 days of being in the custody of Kashmir ultras.
1/15/1997Pakistan's pilotless surveillance aircraft intrudes into Indian air space for the first time.