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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 |
10/23/1934 | Gandhi resigns as leader of the All India Congress. |
4/16/1918 | Lalita Pawar, famous actress of Indian film industry, was born. |
2/17/1918 | S. V. Kumaraswamy, cricket Test Umpire for 1 test from 1961-62, was born at Tamil Nadu. |
8/29/1991 | Second operational Indian Remote Sensing satellite (IRS-1B) launched by a Russian launch vehicle, Vostok. It is still in service. |
3/18/1924 | Madhusudhan Ramachandra Rege, cricketer (15 runs in only Test India v WI 1948-49), was born in Panvel, Maharashtra. |
9/30/1894 | Rangnath Ramchandra Diwakar, Gandhian leader, was born. |
4/15/1883 | Narhar Raghunath Phatak, famous journalist and historian, was born. |
4/7/1920 | Ravi Shankar Bhattacharya, renowned Sitar player (Sounds of India), was born in Banaras, India. |
12/4/1661 | Murad Baksh was executed on the charge of murdering Diwan Ali Nagi. |
10/29/1952 | Amalgamation of the Steel Corporation of Bengal with Indian Iron and Steel Company Ltd. to be effective from 1st January 1953 under the latter's name. |
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