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Historical Event on 1/18/1925

Gajanan Johari, famous Marathi writer, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/1/1976Television was separated from radio, and Doordarshan Corporation was established.
1/7/1997Jaspal Rana bags six gold medals in the men's standard pistol and air pistol and set two more records on the penultimate day of the National shooting.
9/22/1986India vs Australia Test Cricket at Madras finishes in a tie.
4/15/1956A combined army and police action against well armed Naga rebels.
3/24/1991Bhau Samarth, internationaly famed painter, passed away.
10/29/1962China attacked India.
7/26/1994Government rejects JPC report on securities scandal.
1/14/1843Fakir Mohan Senapati, great writer and nationalist, was born.
8/11/1908Khudiram Bose was hanged on this day in Central Jail at Mujaffarpur, Bihar at the age of 19 years. He along with Prafulla Chaki had planned to bomb the carriage supposed to be carrying Kingsford, unfortunately he was betrayed and was caught and finally was sentenced to death and hanged. This day is observed as ""Martyr's Day"" in memory of the great freedom fighter. Even today the soul stirring songs composed in his honour are sung by Bengali folk-singers.
7/10/1992SROSS-C placed in orbit. Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2A), first indigenously-built satellite of second-generation INSAT series launched from Kourore. This is more operational multi-purpose communication and enhanced meteorology satellite. It is still in service.