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Historical Event on 2/18/1918

Gopal Krishna Adig, modern Kannad poet, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/19/2000Railways retains the Lady Ratan Trophy Women's National Hockey championship.
10/29/1971Cyclone and tidal waves struck Orissa state claiming 10,000 lives.
1/30/1993Congress (I) MLA in Andhra Pradesh P. Balaraju and eight officials kidnapped by the outlawed People's War Group in Visakhapatnam district.
12/23/1926Swami Shradhanand, great revolutionary freedom fighter, social worker and politician, was assassinated by a revolver shot that was fired by a young Muslim Abdul Rashid.
7/2/1998India and Sri Lanka sign an agreement on promoting agricultural research in New Delhi.
9/30/1996Dr. A.T. Ariyaratne, Sri Lankan social scientist, received the Gandhi Peace Prize 1996.
7/17/1979Jagjivan Ram elected Janata parliamentary party leader. Charan Singh is PM heading Janatha (S)-Congress coalition and Jagjivan Ram is leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha.
3/19/1911Santosh Kumar Ganguly, cricket test empire and 10 test 1955-65, was born in Bengal. He also played Hockey and Football. He is the aurthor of ""Manual of Cricket Umpires"" and ""Technique of Umpiring Hockey"".
12/16/2000Indian Airlines wins the 60th National Hockey championship in Jammu.
5/2/1982Mohun Bagan retains Federation Cup (football) beating Mafatlal at Calicut.