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Historical Event on 4/18/1918
Amboo alias Lalita Pawar was born in Indore. She will be always remembered as the a leading film actress and character artist. Her first film was 'Ganimi Kawa' (1928). Some of the other films of silent era are Shri Balaji, Bhimsen, Champion of the Sward, Chatur Sunderi, Goodbye Marriage, Flaming Soul, Kailash.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/6/1997 | U.S. Congress honours Mother Teresa with a gold medal. |
| 10/26/1947 | After the tribal column, raping and looting along the way by Pakistani Army continued at Baramulla, 50 kilometres from Srinagar. Maharaja of Jammu & Kashmir Hari Singhji, then, signed the instrument of accession with India and the Indian Armed Forces reacted to the Pakistani Army's infiltration. Great acts of personal gallantry and collective bravery were shown in the Kashmir operations. Major Som Nath Sharma was awarded the PVC, India's highest decoration for valour, and Brigadier Usman, commanding the 50th Parachute Brigade, was awarded the MVC. Both the soldiers were awarded posthumously. |
| 10/22/1929 | Air Mail Series Stamps were issued. These stamps were of denominations of 2, 3, 4, 6, 8 and 12 annas. |
| 8/9/1997 | Sonia Gandhi addresses Congress plenary session at Calcutta. |
| 3/22/1977 | Ayillyath Kuttiari Goplan, freedom fighter, social reformer and Marxist leader, passed away in Trivandrum. |
| 2/19/1915 | Gopal Krishna Gokhale, social reformer, political leader and freedom fighter, passed away. |
| 5/23/1990 | Banarasi Das Gupta elected CM of Haryana following Om Prakash Chautala's resignation. |
| 12/12/1965 | Vijayanta, first India-made millitary tank which was handed over to the Army, was manufactured at Avadi Heavy Vehicles Factory at Madras. |
| 4/3/1700 | Sikandar, former sultan of Vijapur, passed away at Satara in the imprisonment of Mughals. |
| 3/28/1999 | Pakistan decides to ease visa restrictions for the aged, women and children from India in response to New Delhi's move towards visa relaxation for several categories of Pakistani nationals. |
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