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Historical Event on 2/18/1975

Yogesh Shyam, soccer(Football) player, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/3/1898Gopinath Bhagwan was born at Banamohalla, Srinagar. He is one of the most eminent saints who have graced the sacred land of India. An Ashram at Kharyar, Srinagar is set up by his disciples and devotees to preach his meditation.
4/19/1993Sanjay Dutt, film star, was held under TADA for possessing an AK-56 rifle.
12/23/1995The crew of the seized aircraft in Bombay confess dropping of arms at Purulia.
7/11/1832British Parliament finally rejected to remove the appeal of Hindus puritans against Sutee abolition, as demanded by tradional orthodox Indians.
8/4/2000Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother and the last member of the British royal family to bear the title ''Empress of India'', celebrated her 100th birthday.
3/31/1986Bombay Telephone Nigam renamed as Mahanagar Telephone Nigam.
9/19/1933Sunit Francis Rodrigues, former Chief Army General, was born.
12/3/1948Surendra Pratap Singh, famous journalist and chief editor of Navbharat Times, was born.
2/12/1987Mahamayaprasad Sinha, former Chief Minister of Bihar, passed away.
2/28/1930Sir Chandrasekhar V. Raman, Scientist, 1930 Nobel Prize in Physics for discovering ""Raman Effect"". He is also the first Indian to receive this honor in Physics, The Indian Nobel Laureates.