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Historical Event on 1/18/1925
Gajanan Johari, famous Marathi writer, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/21/1987 | Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma elected the Vice President of India (1987 - 1992). |
| 7/25/1958 | Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, inaugurated. |
| 3/18/1919 | Rowlatt Act, intended to perpetuate the extraordinary powers enjoyed by the Government under Lord Chelmsford during the war, provokes countrywide protests. This Rowlatt Act was forced instead of 1915 Indian Security Act which reduced freedom of Indian people. |
| 3/10/1995 | ONGC's oil rig that blew out ( January 8 ) at Pasalapudi site near Amalapuram (Andhra Pradesh) put out after 62 days. |
| 4/6/1966 | Mihir Sen, first Indian swimmer to achieve many remarkable feats, swam across the 'Palk Strait' measuring 22 kms between India & Sri Lanka (Cylone). |
| 12/8/1930 | British Gen. Norman Simpson shot at desk by Indian nationalists. |
| 7/28/1909 | Brahmanand Reddi Kasu, politician, was born at Madras. |
| 12/23/1930 | The British governor of Punjab was wounded in an assassination attempt. |
| 6/1/1944 | Liladhar Jagudi, well known Hindi poet, passed away. |
| 6/22/1959 | Iyengar Kasturi Srinivas, great politician and journalist, passed away. |
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