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Historical Event on 3/18/1938

Shashi Kapoor, famous film producer, director, actor and dramatist, was born in Calcutta. He has made sucessful films like Junoon, Kaliyug, Heat and Dust, etc.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/23/1997Acharya Tulsi, the founder of Terapanthi sector in Jainism, died. (20-10-98).
4/13/1999D. Sripada Rao, former Speaker of the Andhra Pradesh Assembly, is shot dead by People's War Group naxalites near Annaram village in Karimnagar district.
11/19/19829th Asian Games started in Delhi.
3/28/1998The BJP-led alliance survived its first test of trust with the support of Chandrababu Naidu's Telgu Desam Party. Jayalalitha continues to call the shots.
12/3/1991Lok Sabha question hour telecast at 7.15 a.m for the first time .
12/23/1977Harvinder Singh, great Indian ODI pace-bowler (1997), was born.
7/14/1997Eleventh Presidential election with K.R.Narayanan and T.N. Seshan as candidates; 732 out of 775 MPs and 3893 out of 4058 MLAs cast their ballots.
8/14/1987A soldier in a guard of honor attacks Indian Prime Minister Gandhi with his rifle butt at Sri Lanka.
9/21/1984National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources and National Institute of Animal Genetics were set up. These institutes were initially located in the campus of southern regional station of National Dairy Research Institute, Bangalore. They were then shifted to Karnal in July 1985.
1/14/1990India and Maldives scrap visas.