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Historical Event on 2/18/1931
Swraj Paul, Indian and British industrialist and multi-millionaire (Caparo), was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/21/1933 | Annie Besant, great social worker and founder of Home Rule Movement, passed away. |
| 7/8/1958 | Lord Canning declared that since peace was established, it is better known as end of Indian Mutiny, 1857. |
| 1/12/1901 | Umashankar Dikshit, senior leader of Indira Congress, was born. |
| 12/10/1918 | Rowlatt Act introduced by Lord Chelmsford. |
| 2/28/1835 | Medical College was started in Calcutta and it was officially opened on Feb 20. |
| 12/5/1999 | India's Yukta Mookhey is crowned Miss World. |
| 4/29/1882 | Raja Ali Sayyed, leader of Muslim League, was born. |
| 3/23/1923 | Shekh Mubarak Ali Ayaj, Sindhi litterateur, was born. |
| 10/24/1851 | First official telegraph line was opened between Calcutta and Daimond Harbour spanning 33.8 km. |
| 7/21/1911 | Umashankar Jethalal Joshi, famous Gujarati poet, Hindi writer and educationist, was born at Bamna in Gujarat. |
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