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Historical Event on 1/18/1970

Kishan Singh at Cuttack sets record for 50 Km W.in 4.19.48.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/1/1640Britishers were allowed to do commercial activities in Madras.
10/13/1989Panchayati Raj and Nagarpalika Bills defeated in Rajya Sabha.
3/13/1958Vallathol Narayana Menon, great freedom fighter, poet, literateur and writer,died at the age of 80.
9/10/1858Manilal Nathubhai Dwivedi, great author and father of modern Gujarati poems, was born.
5/1/1981Sindhudurga district was formed in Maharashtra State.
7/3/1908Bal Gangadhar Tilak was arrested as a traitor by the Britishers.
5/27/1997Sri Lanka claims Independence Cup, winning the second match in the best-of-three finals in Calcutta.
1/21/1997Delhi was the first city to use propane gas when 50 autorickshaws were started on trial basis.
3/1/1990BJP swept to power in Madhya Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh, shares power with JD in Gujarat and Rajasthan.
10/31/1875Vallabhbhai Zaverbhai Patel, 'Iron man of India', was born at Nadiad, Gujarat. He was also the first Deputy Prime Minister of India. His father had served in the army of the Rani of Jhansi against Britishers.