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Historical Event on 10/18/1712
Jeremias Van Riemsdijk, Governor General of Dutch Indies (1775-77), was born.
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| 12/19/1988 | Umashankar Joshi, Gyanpeeth awardee and Gujrathi poet, died. |
| 8/18/1700 | Bajirao I, the second peshwa, was born. |
| 6/26/1888 | Narayan Shripad Rajhans (Balgandharv), famous singer and actor, was born. |
| 8/13/1953 | Durgabai Deshmukh became the founder Chairperson of Central Social Welfare Board, which involved several voluntary organisations and workers carrying out programs like education, training and rehabilitation of needy women etc. |
| 6/24/1980 | Varahagiri Venkata Giri, former president of India, died at Madras. |
| 11/30/1896 | Gandhiji sails for South Africa with wife and children. |
| 7/21/1907 | Gulam Mohamad Bakshi, former Prime Minister Jammu and Kashmir, was born. |
| 10/2/1955 | Nehru inaugurated an Integral Coach factory at Perambur. |
| 4/17/1917 | V.Sp. Manickam, famous Hndi writer, was born at Melasivapuri (Pudukkottai). |
| 1/21/1997 | First group of bank documents relating to Bofors case handed over to Indian Government. |
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