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Historical Event on 8/18/1920
Harbhajan Singh, educationist and writer, was born at Lumding.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/13/1984 | The death toll in a toxic gas leak from an insecticide plant in Bhopal, India, now is estimated at 2,100, and tens of thousands of residents fled the city today after it was announced that the Union Carbide plant would be started up again to neutralize the effect. |
| 1/15/1998 | Gulzari Lal Nanda, Gandhian freedom fighter and twice acting Prime Minister in 1964 and 1966, died in Ahmedabad at the age of 100 years. |
| 6/23/1757 | The Battle of Plassey started between Robert Clive, incharge of British army, and Nawab of Bengal, Siraj -Ud -Daula. In this battle Robert Clive won control of Bengal. |
| 9/2/1956 | Collapse of a RR bridge under a train kills 120 (India). |
| 12/17/1877 | Feroz Shah died at Makka, Saudi. |
| 1/4/1967 | Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. began delivery of the MIG aircraft. |
| 8/20/1921 | The Mopla revolt, one of the important uprisings of India, was started at Kerala. |
| 10/24/1955 | Ghulam Ahmad Hasan Muhammad Parkar, cricketer (Indian batsman vs England 1982), was born in Kalusta, Maharashtra. |
| 12/26/1978 | Indira Gandhi released after week in jail for refusing to testify on corruption. |
| 11/28/1704 | Jacob Mossel, Governor General (Dutch East Indies), was born. |
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