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Historical Event on 9/18/1995

Kaka Hathrasi, famous comedy poet, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/20/1999P.G.S. Mony, Indian scientist, is honoured by the French Government.
2/25/1938Farokh Manekshaw Engineer, great Indian cricket wicket-keeper (1961-75), was born in Bombay.
3/16/1966Judge Amal Kumar Sarkar became the Chief Justice of India. He held this office till 29/06/1966.
10/1/1941No. 3 Squadron, similarly Audax-equipped, was raised at Peshawar.
12/12/1991Violence in Karnataka over the centre's notification on Cauvery.
6/1/1955India's Untouchability (Offence) Act comes into force.
3/30/1923New financial measures come into force, including restoration of Salt Tax.
5/26/1906Benjamin Peary Pal, internationally famous scientist of Indian agriculture, was born at Mukundpur, Punjab. In 1929, he went to Cambridge to do research on wheat and he returned to Burma with a Ph.D. five years later. In 1933, he got a research job with what is now known as the Indian Agricultural Research Institute in New Delhi. In 1965, Pal became Director General of the newly founded Indian Council of Agricultural Research in New Delhi. He has written several books on roses, the most popular being ""The Rose in India"".
10/21/1995L.K.Advani unanimously re-elected BJP president for the fourth time in New Delhi.
3/21/1971Gavaskar scores the first of his 34 Test tons, 116 at Georgetown.