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Historical Event on 8/18/1920

Harbhajan Singh, educationist and writer, was born at Lumding.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/29/1977World's biggest Drive-In theatre started screening in Bombay.
9/29/1907Labour MP James Keir Hardie accuses UK of running India 'like the Czar runs Russia'
1/14/1758Emperor of England's charter allowed the East India Company to keep to any booty taken in war against the enemies of the king and the company. The confisticated goods, after the war, could be kept with them.
1/17/1981Central Government offers full statehood to Mizoram.
12/26/1986Consumer Rights Act was passed.
5/21/1966General Election (11th) of India ends.
6/14/1991Punjab was declared ""disturbed area""; army deployed.
5/21/1996General Election (11th) of India ended.
4/4/1996Supreme Court rules that political parties without audited accounts cannot take advantage of an election law that exempts tax expenditure on candidates.
2/3/1988INS Chakra was inducted in the Indian Navy when the first Soviet SSN Victor 1 class nuclear propelled submarine and India joined the maritime nuclear powers.