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Historical Event on 8/18/1920
Harbhajan Singh, educationist and writer, was born at Lumding.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/5/2000 | The Interpol issues a ""look-out'' notice for the five persons and two of their accomplices, who hijacked an Indian Airlines plane in December 1999 |
| 4/17/1996 | Indian Railways bars AIDS patients from using trains. |
| 1/8/1927 | The first scheduled London-Delhi flight arrives after 63 hrs. Air Minister Sir Samuel Hoare is on board. |
| 7/21/1658 | Aurangzeb celebrated his being the emperor of Mugal Empire at Delhi. He was informally enthroned. |
| 5/22/1963 | Rohini, Glider, became the first to successfully fly at Kanpur. |
| 8/10/1993 | Election Commission withdrew controversial order. By-polls to be held before 10. |
| 7/5/1999 | Two buses, which were inaugurated from Dhaka, arrive in Calcutta. |
| 5/10/1909 | Bellari Shammanna Keshvan, internationally famous librarian, was born. |
| 9/23/1990 | World Bank clears Rs.1,200 crore aid for Sarovar Dam rejecting objections raised by environmental groups. |
| 5/17/1916 | Gurusiddappa Sivappa, great industrialist, was born at Bangalore. |
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