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Historical Event on 8/18/1995

Parvati Giri, also called the Little Mother Teresa, died in Orissa. She was 69. She was a social worker and had taken part during the Quit India movement.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/8/1988More than 100 people were killed and several injured as Bangalore-Trivandrum Island Express fell into Ashtamudi lake at Perumon in Quilon district of Kerala.
7/24/1992Universal Poetry Foundation' was established at Pune.
6/11/1901Pramathanath Bishi, professor and Hindi writer, was born.
2/28/1928C. V. Raman invented 'Raman Effect' of scattered light, which led him in achieving the 'Nobel Prize'.
6/28/1921Sahityaratna P. V. Narsingh Rao, former Prime Minister of India, was born.
12/9/1658Dutch troops occupy harbour city Quilon (Coilan), India.
1/23/1992India becomes ASEAN dialogue partner.
3/2/1997Bangalore's Dr. B. V. Ravi Kumar develops India's first indigenously made HIV detection kit.
4/2/1877Narottam Morarjee, great social reformer and the architect of the modern Indian Shipping, was born at Porbandar.
4/30/1998Sukh Ram, former Union Minister, decides to resign as a Minister in the Himachal Pradesh Government.