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Historical Event on 1/18/1970
Kishan Singh at Cuttack sets record for 50 Km W.in 4.19.48.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/5/1969 | Bapu Krishnarao Venkatesh Prasad, cricketer (consistent Indian Test pace bowler 1996-), was born in Bangalore. |
| 7/16/1856 | Ishwar Chand Vidyasagar, on the request of Governor Lord Canning, instituted a law announcing the right of Hindu widows for re-marriage. |
| 4/22/1994 | Chabbildas Mehta sworn in as Gujarat CM. |
| 8/18/1900 | Vijayalakshmi Pandit, first woman President of U.N.O. General Assembly, was born. |
| 8/7/1934 | Gandhi begins a fast for penance following the violent treatment of a Hindu leader by some of his followers. |
| 2/28/1712 | Bahadur Shah I died at Lahore at the age of 72 in the war of succession. |
| 8/2/1781 | Sakharambapu Bokeel, great politician in Maratha kingdom, died. |
| 11/24/1881 | Ram Rachhpal, son of Sukhi Ram, called 'Chhotu', freedom fighter, politician and leader, was born in a 'Jat' famlily in a small village Garhi Sampla in Rohpak district. His life was a saga of sincere and ceaseless striving to improve the condition of the poor peasants in India, popularly known as 'Deenbandhu'. |
| 7/21/1934 | Chandrakant Gulabrao Borde, cricket batsman (55 Tests for India 1959-67), was born in Pune. |
| 12/22/1887 | Srinivas Ramanujam, India's greatest mathematician, was born at Erode in Tamil Nadu. |
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