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Historical Event on 1/18/1947
Kundanlal Saigal, famous film star and unique singer, died at Jalandhar.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/27/2000 | Supreme Court grants bail to four AIADMK men accused in the 2nd February Dharmapuri bus burning incident. |
| 1/10/1993 | India asks Pakistan to reduce its diplomatic strength by 40. |
| 5/25/1917 | Abdul Vavakunju Ummasalumma Khader, freedom fighter, was born in Kerala. He was hanged on September 10, 1943. |
| 6/6/1992 | Ordinance issued to attach the properties of persons involved in the security scam. |
| 2/22/1993 | Vinod Kambli scores 224 vs England at Bombay in 411 balls and smashes 23 fours. |
| 8/18/1951 | Indian Institute of Technology was opened in Kharagpur, West Bengal. |
| 11/14/1997 | 10th International Film Festival for children and young people ambles into Hyderabad atop Gajju, the delightful elephant mascot. About 125 films from 30 countries will be screened. |
| 3/11/1881 | Ashley Eden unveiled in Calcutta Town Hall the first statue of Indians Ram Nath Tagore and Dwarkanath Tagore. |
| 3/25/1996 | 31st Gyanpith award presented to M.T. Vasudevan Nair at Trivandrum by Dr. Karan Singh. |
| 4/4/1905 | More than 10,000 people are feared to have perished in an earthquake that hit the northeast Indian province of Lahore during the night. The town of Dharmsala was almost completely razed to the ground with the entire population rendered homeless and sleeping out in icy conditions. Five hundred Gurkha soldiers were buried alive when their stonebuilt barracks collapsed on them. The towns of Kangra and Palampur have also been leveled to the ground by the worst natural disaster measured at 8 on Ricter Scale. In Lahore, 70 Hindus were killed, Muslim inhabitants were parading in the streets, weeping and offering up prayers with ceremonial rites. Several British administrators and missionaries were known to have been killed or injured. At Simla, Lady Curzon, wife of the Viceroy, had a close escape from death when a chimney crashed into the room in which she was sleeping. |
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