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Historical Event on 8/18/1911

Adityanath Jha, former Governor of Delhi, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/9/1994Devika Rani Roerich, the first lady of the Indian screen, died at the age of 87 years in Bangalore.
6/23/2000Indian journalist Palagummi Sainath gets Amnesty International Global award for human rights journalism..
7/23/1904The Great Indian Peninsula Railway started First Class restaurant cars on its mail trains.
11/12/1999A 50-member BJP ministry led by Ram Prakash Gupta is sworn in Uttar Pradesh.
7/25/1997Laloo Yadav resigns as Bihar Chief Minister after CBI-designated court issues an arrest warrant against him in fodder scam case. His wife, Rabri Devi, is sworn in as his successor. She becomes first woman Chief Minister of the State.
5/24/2000The Supreme Court rejects the proposal for setting up benches outside Delhi.
7/22/1991Pandit Basavraj Rajguru, great singer, passed away.
10/13/1905Sister Nivedita died.
12/28/1981Salman Rushdie is awarded the Booker Prize for Midnight's Children.
1/1/1966Vimal Roy, film maker and producer, passed away.