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Historical Event on 1/18/1950
Batubhai Umarwadia, father of Gujrati literature's English type and drama writer, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/15/1924 | Mahinder Singh, social worker, was born at Amritsar. |
| 3/1/1995 | Iftikar, famous character actor, died. |
| 5/28/1989 | Kerala diocese of Marathakavalli was the first Christian priest in India. |
| 3/18/1991 | West Bengal opts for assembly poll. |
| 1/8/1965 | Star of India', world's largest sapphire, returned to American Museum of Natural History. |
| 9/26/1793 | Rani Rashmoni, great nationalist and social worker, was born in Kona village, 24 Parganas (north), West Bengal. |
| 12/16/1999 | The second phase of national AIDS programme is launched. |
| 12/29/1997 | Sonia Gandhi stepped into active politics. |
| 2/17/1991 | Krishnabai Mote, famous author and social worker, passed away. |
| 5/18/1966 | Panchanan Maheshwari, great Indian scientist of botany, passed away. He studied the morphology, anatomy and embryology of some angiosperms, the class of plants which produce flowers. He discovered species of plants like ""Panchanania Jaipuriensis and Isoeted Panchananil."" He wrote two authoritative books, 'An Introduction to the Embryology of Angiosperms' & 'Recent Advances in Embryology on Angiosperms'. In 1951, he founded the International Society of plant Morphologists. |
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