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Historical Event on 1/18/1971
Barrister Nath Pai, freedom fighter and member of parliament, passed away at the age of 49.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/2/1953 | 40 persons were reported losing their lives today in the first crash of a jet airliner in commercial service. The jetliner, a British-built Comet, plunged to earth in a violent storm just a few minutes after taking off from Calcutta. It was carrying a party of rubber and tin operators from Malaya to England. There were no survivors. Two Comets have crashed before, one last October and one in March, but neither was carrying passengers. |
| 10/1/1941 | No. 3 Squadron, similarly Audax-equipped, was raised at Peshawar. |
| 10/4/1986 | Helicoptor Corporation of India established. |
| 10/22/1999 | The Prime Minister warns of more 'hard decisions'. |
| 12/17/1978 | Dhirendranath Ganguly, father of Bengali film industry, died. |
| 9/11/1987 | Mahadevi Verma, Gyanpith award winner and one of the greatest luminaries of modern Hindi literature, passed away. |
| 7/10/1977 | The Planning Commission decides to introduce Rolling Plan concept. |
| 1/28/1961 | Foundation-stone of the first factory of H.M.T. wrist watches laid in Bangalore. |
| 4/2/1953 | Asaf Ali, lawyer, nationalist and writer, passed away. |
| 1/16/1919 | Nasikrao Khantadu Tirpude, former Duputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, was born. |
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