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Historical Event on 1/18/1842

Mahadev Govind Ranade was born. He was the chief architect of Bombay Prathana Samaj.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/21/1953Tillaya Dam and Bokaro Power Station opened by the PM.
9/4/1983INSAT-1B runs into snag, its solar array fails to deploy fully.
8/5/1991Leila Seth was sworn the Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court. She is a judge of Delhi High Court.
9/2/1894Vinayak Mishra, famous Oriya litterateur, critic and historian, was born.
1/10/199324th International Film Festival of India opens in New Delhi.
7/22/1918During the First World War, India's first fighter pilot Indra Lal Rai's plane was shot down in battle by Germans planes near London. Rai had fought for Britisher's Force.
4/11/1913Iron ropes bridge known as 'Laxman Jhula' was constructed over Ganga at Hrishikesh 
10/26/1935Ashok P.Jain, great industrialist, was born.
2/8/1971Indira Congress wins the mid-term elections for Lok Sabha. Indira Gandhi becomes PM.
2/18/1993Congress (I) secures absolute majority in Nagaland and emerges as the single largest party in Meghalaya.