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Historical Event on 6/18/1896

Cota Ramaswami, cricketer (Davis Cup for India 1922, Test 1936), was born in Madras.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/22/1999V. S. Rama Devi and Vishnu Kant Shastri appointed the new Governors of Karnataka and Himachal Pradesh.
5/7/1907Rajbali Pandey, famous poet, was born.
3/18/1924Madhusudhan Ramachandra Rege, cricketer (15 runs in only Test India v WI 1948-49), was born in Panvel, Maharashtra.
8/3/1780British officer captain Bruce conquered Gwalior fort under Major Popham after defeating Sindhiya.
6/23/1997Communication equipment worth several crores destroyed and Chennai's land and mobile telephone networks thrown out of gear in a fire at Anna Road telephone exchange.
11/7/1862Bahadurshah Jafar -II died at Rangoon in British prision.
10/2/1994Gandhi Peace Prize instituted on the lines of Nobel Peace Prize on the great leader's 125th birth anniversary.
1/18/1994Narasimha Rao decides to retain Veerappa Moily as Karnataka CM.
9/25/1928Madhavrao Gadkari, great litterateur and editor, was born.
3/4/1951Eleven countries and 489 male and female athletes participated in the first Asian Games started at National Stadium in New Delhi.