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Historical Event on 10/18/1712
Jeremias Van Riemsdijk, Governor General of Dutch Indies (1775-77), was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/10/1946 | Gandhiji refused to enthuse over allied victory as it was not a ""victory of truth over false-hood"". |
| 4/27/1606 | Jahangir arrested Khusroo. |
| 11/12/1954 | Bharat Reddy, cricket wicket-keeper (India 1979), was born in Madras. |
| 12/3/1984 | 3,000 people died and more than 50,000 people were badly affected when they inhaled poisonous toxic gas emission from the Union Carbide plant. This event is better known as ""the Bhopal Gas Tragedy"", the biggest industrial disaster that occured in India. |
| 1/23/1993 | Indian Airlines B737 crashes at Aurangabad, 61 die. |
| 1/11/1990 | R. Shekhar became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 14/12/90). |
| 3/4/1995 | Kakrapar nuclear power station's second unit located near Surat synchronised to the western grid after mandatory tests. |
| 7/23/1918 | Saraswati Devi (Smt) Illindala, great Hindi writer, journalist and social worker, was born at Narsapur, Andhra Pradesh. |
| 8/7/1982 | Krishnakanta Radhakant Handique, linguist, educationist, Sanskrit scholar, principal of J.B. College and Padma Bhushan awardee, passed away. He also authored the learned works 'Naisadhacarita', 'Yasastilaka and Indian Culture' etc. His original treatise written in Sanskrit by Somaveda in the 10th century is an encyclopedic work dealing with Jainism and Indian thoughts and culture. |
| 2/19/1996 | Biennial elections to fill 39 Rajya Sabha seats in nine states. |
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