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Historical Event on 7/18/1909

Vishnu Dey, Gyanpeeth awardee and famous Bengali poet, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
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6/12/1960783 Sikhs are arrested while demonstrating for an independent Sikh state in New Delhi.
11/5/1999The CBI arrests the Bihar Road Construction Minister Illiyas Hussain and conducts raids in the Bitumen scam case.
10/19/1967Dr. C. V. Raman elucidated his new theory on wave motion in respect to vision and dim light.
12/3/1971Pakistan took the initiative of striking the airfields both in the East and the West. While the IAF carried out retaliatory air strikes in the West and shot the Pakistan Air Force (PAP) out of the skies.
7/25/1929Somnath Chatterjee, politician and lawyer, was born.
12/27/1929Jawaharlal Nehru hoists the national flag at the All India National Congress session held in Lahore. They resolved for ""Purna Swaraj"" (complete independence) on the instance of Gandhiji, the Viceroy of India that time was Lord Irwin.
8/5/1992Achyutrao Patwardhan, leader of 'Quit India Movement', died at Varanasi at the age of 86.
2/2/1930Vasudev Govind Apte, editor and dictrionay creator, passed away.