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Historical Event on 8/18/1900
Vijayalakshmi Pandit, first woman President of U.N.O. General Assembly, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/10/1912 | Prodosh Kusum Das Gupta, great artist and professor, was born at Dacca, Bangladesh. |
| 6/14/1996 | CBI grills PV Prabhakar Rao, son of former PM, for his involvement in the Rs. 133 crore NFL urea import scandal. |
| 8/9/1963 | India is the first country to add its signature to the test-ban treaty at Moscow. |
| 4/8/1993 | CBI extensively raided VHP offices; BJP MP Brijbhushan Saren Singh among five arrested. |
| 3/3/1952 | The Indian National Congress secured absolute majority in the Lok Sabha in the General elections. |
| 10/31/1997 | Autonomous Prasar Bharati with enough muscle to get Government off its back is promised by Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Jaipal Reddy, while announcing changes to Prasar Bharati Act in New Delhi. |
| 5/15/1873 | The proposal to dissolve East India Company was passed in England. |
| 3/6/1995 | Arun Tamhankar, great journalist, died. |
| 10/27/2000 | The Vajpayee Government 'clears' the names of Surjit Singh Barnala, Prabhat Kumar and Dinanath Tiwari for appointment as the Governors of the new States of Uttaranchal, Jharkhand and Chhatisgarh respectively. |
| 9/25/1922 | Shri Nath Pai, freedom fighter, Barrister and Member of Parliament, was born in Konkan region of Maharashtra. |
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