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Historical Event on 7/18/1993
Dr. Banoo Coyaji, 75, gets Magsaysay Award for Public Service.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/13/1966 | 60 people were killed in a collision between two suburban trains of Bombay. |
| 10/25/1999 | Pramod Mahajan, Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, says, ""No objection to Bofors discussion. |
| 1/4/1909 | Prabhakar Padhye, modern Marathi litterateur, was born. |
| 7/23/1956 | India celebrates the birth centenary of Bal Gangadhar ""Lokmanya"" Tilak. |
| 7/23/1956 | Mian Tansen, a prominent figure of North Indian (Hindustani) classical music and famous singer of Akbar's court, died at Gwalior. Tansen is remembered for his epic Dhrupad compositions, creating several new ragas, as well as for writing two classic books on music Sri Ganesh Stotra and Sangita Sara. |
| 11/17/1991 | Narasimha Rao, PM, wins by-election in Nandyal with a record margin of 5,80,297 votes. |
| 9/29/1914 | German cruiser Emden shells Madras. |
| 3/1/1914 | Minto Gilbert Jhon Alieat, former viceroy of India, passed away. |
| 5/11/1888 | Asaf Ali, lawyer, nationalist, writer and connoisseur of music and arts, was born. |
| 4/14/1963 | Maha Pandit Rahul Sanskrityayan, great Hindi writer, politician and professor, passed away at Darjeeling. |
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