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Historical Event on 8/18/1920

Harbhajan Singh, educationist and writer, was born at Lumding.

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11/3/1929Dr. Hemant Vishnu Inamdar, thesis writer and editor, was born.
7/24/2000The trial in the Rs. 133 crore urea scam resumes after about one year in the special court for CBI cases in New Delhi.
7/24/2000Property Tax was passed.
9/29/1997IRS-1D, fourth Indian Remote Sensing satellite, successfully launched off by PSLV-CI, the country's first operational polar satellite launch vehicle, from Sriharikota. With this launch, India became a member of the exclusive club of nations capable of launching the heavier class of satellites.
12/25/1921Mass boycott greets the Prince of Wales when he arrives in Calcutta.
6/3/1895Kavalam Madhava Panikkar, historian and Indian diplomat (Asia & Western Dominance), was born.
10/24/1904Lalchand Hirachand, famous industialist, was born.
6/30/1968Makhanlal Chaturvedi, famous journalist and litterateur, passed away.
7/30/1957Export Risk Insurance Corporation of India was established through which exporting materials were insured.
8/30/1773Narayan Rao Peshwa was murdered by his uncle Raghunath Rao, also called Raghoba, who then proclaimed himself the Peshwa.