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Historical Event on 6/18/1926

Bhishma Singh Chauhan, great author, was born at Naglajula (U.P).

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2/11/1996Wills World Cup Cricket inaugurated at Calcutta.
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1/12/1863Swami Vivekananda (Narendra Vishwanath Dutta)(1863-1902), dynamic renaissance missionary to West, catalyst of Hindu revival in India and social reformer, was born at Calcutta.