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Historical Event on 8/18/1923

Jamshed Khudadaad Irani, cricket wicket-keeper for India during the 1947-48 Australia tour, was born in Karachi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/19/1994CM decide to request Chief Election Commission to implement the photo identity card scheme in phases.
3/13/1947Lord Louis Mountbatten took charge as Viceroy of British India. He ruled upto 14th August, 1947.
12/11/1996T. N. Seshan retires. M. S. Gill becomes the new election Chief Election Commissioner.
4/1/1976Television was separated from radio, and Doordarshan Corporation was established.
8/29/1984Indian Airlines Boeing 737 with 68 passengers and a crew of 6 hijacked in Lahore.
9/30/1997At least 20 civilians were killed and over 30 injured in unprovoked firing by Pakistani troops on Kargil town in Jammu&Kashmir.
12/26/1986Consumer Rights Act was passed.
8/9/1911Khorshedji Rustomji Meher-Homji, cricketer (Indian wicket-keeper 1936), was born in Bombay.
9/16/1916M. S. Subalaxmi, famous classical singer and Bharat Ratna awardee, was born.
10/31/1997Rushmi Chakravarthy makes it a double in the National hardcourt tennis in Mumbai.