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Historical Event on 10/18/1952

Vinoo Mankad takes 13 Pakistan wickets to win first Indo-Pak clash.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/28/1835Medical College was started in Calcutta and it was officially opened on Feb 20.
4/4/1997World Bank Atlas for 1997 put India as world's fifth largest economy in terms of purchasing power parity estimated around $1318 trillion.
1/30/1903Lord Curzon opened the Imperial Library in in Metcalfe Hall at Calcutta.
11/23/1946Kailasham Tyagraj Paramshiv, famous Kannada dramatist, passed away.
6/4/1947Hindi daily 'Nai Duniya' started publication at Indore, Madhya Pradesh.
8/15/1867Bhartendu Harishchandra publishes a Hindi monthly 'Kavi Vachan Sudha'.
6/28/1993A multi-millionaire industrialist, main financier of smuggler Veerappan,and 6 Veerappan-men arrested.
11/18/1972Tiger was adopted as India's 'National Animal'
1/21/1969First India built electronic digital computer commissioned.
8/4/2000Pranab Mukherjee and S. Jaipal Reddy, Congress(I) leaders, get Best Parliamentarian awards for the year 1997-98.