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Historical Event on 2/18/1931

Swraj Paul, Indian and British industrialist and multi-millionaire (Caparo), was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/15/1986Sandhya Agarwal made 190 runs in third Womens Test Cricket setting a new record in England.
3/22/1793Lord Cornwallis promulgated permanent settlement in Bengal and Bihar to fix the revenue amounts once and for all to be paid by the zamindars every year.
2/13/1922The Indian National Congress suspends its civil disobedience campaign in the face of mounting violence.
3/21/2000The 10,000 bond scheme for short-term visitors to the UK will not be applied to India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, said British Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Keith Vaz.
11/19/1991Two national commissions on women set up.
11/8/1988At 0910 hrs, One - O - Four's moments of glory were frozen for eternity when it received the coveted colours from the then President of Indian R Venkatraman.
8/15/1997K. R. Narayanan, President, posthumously confers nation's highest peace-time gallantry award 'Ashok Chakra' to second Lieutenant Puneet Dutta.
2/11/1993Andhra Naxalites release four out of six hostages.
9/13/1996Lok Pal Bill introduced in Lok Sabha.
5/13/1953The first Indian Navy air station INS Garuda was commissioned at Venduruthy, the naval base in Cochin.