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Historical Event on 2/18/1988
Jan Nayak Karpoori Thakur, freedom fighter, political leader, great social reformer, teacher and national president of Samyukta Socialist Party, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/16/1931 | R. Ramachandra Rao, cricket test umpire for one test in 1986-87, was born at Tamil Nadu. |
| 12/25/1964 | Anil Kaul, Canadian badminton player (Olympics-96), was born in Amritsar, India. |
| 7/11/1957 | Aga Sultan Sir Muhammad (1877-1957), Aga Khan III, spritual leader of Ismaeli Muhammedans, passed away. He worked for Britian in the WW I & II. Aga Khan was extremly rich, he once had himself weighed against a sack of diamonds belonging to him. He was also one among those who formed the Muslim League. |
| 5/7/2000 | Ranjit Singh Gill, one of the prime accused in the murder of Lalit Maken and his wife Geetanjali, who was the daughter of the late President Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma, on July 31, 1985, was extradited to Delhi from the US to stand trial in the case. |
| 2/25/1927 | Balkrishna Buwa Echalkaranjikar, father of `Khyal Gayaki', passed away. |
| 11/6/1910 | Satakopan Chandilyan Bhashyam, journalist, was born at Tirukkoilur, Madras. |
| 4/1/1989 | UN Peace-keeping Force arrives in Windhoek to prefare for independence of Namibia. |
| 6/3/1977 | K. Brahmananda Reddi elected President of the Indian National Congress. |
| 2/15/1920 | Kanti Mehta, trade unionist, was born at Calcutta. |
| 10/16/1994 | CIA connection to CN Annadurai alleged in book on Seshan, Jayalalitha obtains stay. |
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