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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 |
| 1/17/1888 | Babu Gulab Rai, famous Hindi essy writer, critic and historian, was born. |
| 6/26/1906 | M.P. Sivagnanam, famous Tamil writer and social worker, was born at Madras. |
| 12/6/1962 | India closes its consulates in Communist China. |
| 1/26/1960 | More medals for armed forces were instituted including the Vishisht Seva Medal (in the classes), Sainya Seva Medal, Videsh Seva Medal and Sena, Nao Sena and Vayu Sena Medals. |
| 9/1/1976 | Indira Gandhi asks for sweeping new powers at New Delhi. |
| 1/10/1896 | Shri Narhar Vishnu Gadgil (Kakasaheb), famous politician, freedom fighter, lawyer, prolific writer, social reformer, nationalist leader and litterateur, was born. |
| 7/9/1992 | The government agrees to set up a Joint Parliamentary Committee to enquire into the security scam. |
| 3/20/1970 | Establishment of Muslim Satyashodhak Samaj. |
| 9/10/1943 | Satyendra Chandra Bardhan, Vakkom Abdul Khader, Fouja Singh, Boniface Pereira and Anandan were hanged on charges of conspiracy to ""wage war against the King"" under the Ememy Agents Ordinance (which was given retrospective effect) at Madras Jail. They sang Vande Mataram and shouted ""Bharat Mata Ki Jai"" when they were being hanged. |
| 10/18/1983 | Vijay Manjrekar, cricketer 55 Tests for India, 3208 runs @ 39.12, died. |
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