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Historical Event on 1/18/1938
The last batch of the political prisioners sailed back to the mainland from the Cellular Jail.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/25/1992 | Beant Singh sworn in as CM of Punjab. |
| 10/31/1963 | Krishna Menon, resigned from the post of Defence Minister of India, due to Chinese attack. |
| 7/4/1729 | Kanhoji Angre, former Chief of Navy in Maratha kingdom, died. |
| 8/3/1998 | 35 persons were killed as Govind Towers at Bandra in Mumbai collapsed. |
| 1/28/1937 | Suman Kalyanpurkar, famous singer, was born. |
| 2/24/1996 | Naresh Chandra appointed India's ambassador to USA. |
| 1/24/1870 | Muddan, famous Kannad poet and novelist, was born. |
| 1/14/1882 | Maharshi Raghunath Dhondo Karve, father of Family Planning and Sex Education, was born. |
| 8/7/1990 | Govt. of India accepts the Mandal Commission's recommendations and decides to reserve 27\% jobs for the backward classes. Violent protests rock parts of Northern India against Mandal Commission. |
| 4/15/1950 | Acharya Vinoba Bhave requested to the villagers of Panchampalli Telangana, Andhra Pradesh to give 80 acres of land, and with this he had started his 'Bhudan Andolan'. |
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