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Historical Event on 8/18/1900

Vijayalakshmi Pandit, first woman President of U.N.O. General Assembly, was born.

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3/21/1998Jaswant Singh is appointed Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission after the resignation of Prof. Madhu Dandavate.
3/12/1993Powerful bomb blasts at twelve various places in Mumbai takes 317 lives.
3/21/1921Indian National Congress decided it's Flag.
7/24/1996Govt. decides to raise the ceiling on the maximum amount of retirement/death gratuity from Rs. 1 lakh to Rs. 2.50 lakhs.
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6/25/1888Lord Louis Mountbatten, British politician, was born.