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Historical Event on 8/18/1700
Bajirao I, the second peshwa, was born.
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| 1/17/1888 | Babu Gulab Rai, famous Hindi essy writer, critic and historian, was born. |
| 9/11/1913 | Waman Ganesh Talwalkar, Marathi journalist and story writer, was born. |
| 11/14/1955 | Employees' State Insurance Corporation was inaugurated by the President. |
| 4/23/1959 | Peking Radio reports say that Chinese troops defeated rebels in south-eastern Tibet and have closed Tibet's borders with India and Burma. |
| 4/3/1903 | Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay, famous politician, freedom fighter and social worker, was born in South Kanara, Karnataka. |
| 3/21/1937 | Muhammad Jaffer, great Indian Hockey player, was born. |
| 12/15/1908 | Swami Ranga Natahananda, was born at Trikkur, Kerala. |
| 11/29/1869 | Amritlal Vithaldas Thakkar (Thakkar Bappa), social reformer of Gujrat and right hand of Gandhiji in socially segregated Harijans, was born at Bhavnagar, Saurashtra. |
| 9/14/1992 | Three days of heavy rains cause flooding in northern India and Pakistan claiming 2,500 lives. |
| 3/7/1998 | A. B. Vajpayee is elected leader of the BJP Parliamentary Party. |
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