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Historical Event on 11/18/1937
Rajinder Pal, cricketer (pace bowler in one Test India v Eng, 0-22), was born in Delhi.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/17/1938 | Dilip Purushottam Chitre, famous Marathi poet, story writer, critic and Sahitya Academy awardee, was born. |
| 5/20/1878 | Krishnashastri Chiplunkar, Marathi novelist and omnicent, passed away. |
| 9/1/1965 | Pakistan launched Operation 'Grand Slam' in Chhamb sector aimed at Akhnoor in Jammu. Indians had battled Pakistanis in air and on ground at Kashmir. |
| 6/20/1987 | Dr. Salim Ali, internationally renowned expert of birds, died at Bombay. |
| 9/5/1962 | Dr. Radhakrishnan's birthday declared as Teachers Day. |
| 1/29/1968 | Laxmidas Purshottamdas Jai, one Test for India, died. |
| 2/6/1932 | Veena Das, revolutionary freedom fighter, shot Stenly Jackson, Governor of Calcutta at the convocation ceremony of B.A. degree, but Jackson was afraid and bend down, thus the aim was missed. |
| 5/18/1912 | Narayan Govind Chitre, with the help of R. P. Tipnis and Cameraman Johnson, produced a 8000 ft. long theatrical film 'Pundalik', which was directed by Ramchandra Torney alias Dada Saheb Torne. The entire film was shot in a theatre at Mangaldas Wadi in Bombay, where the Sangit Mandali, a professional theatre group, was performing a play 'Pundalik'. The film was released on May, 18 in the Coronation Cinematograph at Girgaum, Bombay. |
| 3/3/1891 | Office of Superintendent of Immigration (Treasury Dept) created. |
| 9/12/1994 | UN Secretary General Ghali visits New Delhi. |
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