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Historical Event on 4/18/1914
Cottari Subbanna Nayudu, cricketer (brother of C K, 11 Tests as leggie), was born in Nagpur.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/12/1970 | Major flood in Alaknanda river resulted in sweeping of buses and claimed 600 lives. |
| 1/11/1991 | Ravi Naik of Maharashtra Gomanthak party sworn in as the CM of Goa. |
| 2/4/1990 | Ernakulam was declared the first totally literate district in India. |
| 1/23/1920 | Air transportation began in India by two Royal Air Force planes between Karachi and Bombay, and Air Mail service started. |
| 12/13/1902 | Ilachandra Joshi, famous Hindi novelist, story writer, critic and journalist, was born. |
| 9/26/1996 | CBI chargesheeted Rao in St. Kitts case. |
| 11/29/1988 | Rajiv Gandhi, grandson of Jawaharlal Nehru, resigned as Prime Minister of India, a country which had been ruled by his family for all but five of its 42 years of independence. The end of the dynasty came after elections that were both violent and inconclusive, neither Gandhi's Congress party nor the opposition National Front received a clear majority, although the latter had a few more votes. The only real winner was the fundamentalist Hindu party, Bharatiya Janata, which is now the power broker. If the National Front wants to rule, its leader V.P. Singh needs the religious group's support. |
| 1/17/1913 | Yadvendra Singh, HH LtG. Maharaja of Patial, cricketer (scored 24 & 60 in only Test India vs England), was born in Patiala, Punjab. |
| 2/12/1742 | Nana Phadnavis, one of the important members of Peshwa kingdom and the Maratha master-diplomat, was born. |
| 9/10/1887 | Govind Ballabh Pant was born in village Khunt, Almora District, U.P. He served eight years as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. He was as outstanding parliamentary figure of his days. He was awarded with Bharat Ratna in 1959. |
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