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Historical Event on 8/18/1920

Harbhajan Singh, educationist and writer, was born at Lumding.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/22/199824-year old P T Usha won bronze medals in the 400m and 200m races and anchored the 4x100m relay team to gold and 4x400m for silver at the Asian Track and Field Championships in Fukuoka, Japan.
6/13/1909E. M. S. Namboodiripad was born in Palghat in Kerala.
11/18/1936V. O. Chidambaram Pillai, great freedom fighter, social reformer, politician, prolific writer and leader, died.
3/31/1986Bombay Telephone Nigam renamed as Mahanagar Telephone Nigam.
11/20/1917J.C. Bose Research Institute was established in Calcutta.
3/22/1963World Bank loans India $ 67 mil. to improve its railways.
6/22/1975National Emergency was declared and censorship introduced.
1/17/1909Bejoy Kumar Sinha, journalist and social worker, was born at Kanpur.
3/25/1609Henry Hudson embarks on an exploration for Dutch East India Co. at Pulicat.
9/28/2000Marion Jones wins the 200m gold medal at Sydney.