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Historical Event on 6/18/1879

Venketeshwar Bachhali, famous physics scientist, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/28/1999Central Zone won the Deodhar Trophy, defeating South in their final in Agartala.
9/24/1999India's Krishnan Sasikiran and China's Wang Yu bagged the boys' and girl's titles respectively in the Asian Junior Chess championship in Vung Tau City, Vietnam.
5/13/1967Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888-1975) retired from the post of second President.
8/3/1898Udayshankar Bhatt, modern Hindi dramatist, poet and novelist, was born.
4/11/1999India successfully test-fires the extended range ''Agni-II'' missile, bridging a key gap in its minimum nuclear deterrent profile.
11/14/1964Nehru Commemorative coin is released.
11/14/1889Jawaharlal Nehru, first Prime Minister of India, was born. To commemorate his birthday, this day is observed as 'Children's Day' from 1957.
5/10/1957Dr. Rajendra Prasad elected President of India for a second term.
12/21/2000Central Zone and South Zone are declared joint winners after the game ends in a tie in the final of the Deodhar Trophy one day cricket tournament in Lucknow.
3/29/1992Centenary celebrations of Tansa Dam held at Tansa. No of Seats of the Standing Committee and Education Committee increased from 20 to 27and 20 to 26 respectively and that of the B.E.S. & T. Committee from 12 to 17 (Vide Maharashtra Act XXI of 1992) (CIVIC).