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Historical Event on 3/18/1916

Pratapsinh Mathuradas Vissanji, great industrialist, was born at Bombay.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/25/1969Vivek Upendra Krishna Razdan, cricket pace bowler (Indian Test 1989-90), was born in Delhi.
9/2/1956Collapse of a RR bridge under a train kills 120 (India).
3/20/1921Dr. P. C. Alexander, Governor of Maharashtra, was born.
1/28/2000Indian junior cricket team wins the Youth cricket World Cup.
5/11/1985Booby (Doll) trap bomb kills 86 people in India.
8/23/1995First ever cellular phone service begins in Calcutta.
11/25/2000Karnataka and Tamil Nadu Governments agree on a ""unified command'' for the STF operations against Veerappa
12/12/1996India and Bangladesh arrive at a settlement to share Ganga water.
4/6/1980Janata Party splits again; members with RSS links form the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP). A. B. Vajpayee becomes its first President.
3/5/1993The government de-reserves the mining industry throwing it open to private sector as well as to foreign investment.