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Historical Event on 8/18/1956
Sandeep Madhusudan Patil, great Indian batsman, was born in Bombay.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/16/1975 | Sikkim High Court was established at Gangtok for Sikkim territory. |
| 11/21/1999 | The Centre retired two members of the Prasar Bharati Board, Ms. Romila Thapar, eminent historian and Mr. Rajendra Yadav. |
| 9/1/1999 | Ace athlete Jyotirmoyee Sikdar is awarded the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna; coaches Bahadur Singh, Hargobind Singh (athletics) and Gurbax Singh Sandhu (boxing) the Dronacharya awards during the Arjuna awards function at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Delhi. |
| 5/18/1772 | Janoji Bhosle, warrior in Peshwa kingdom, passed away. |
| 3/20/1991 | Simultaneous polls in Tamil Nadu. |
| 1/20/1897 | Gandhiji declines to prosecute assailants. |
| 10/23/1934 | Gandhi resigns as leader of the All India Congress. |
| 11/30/1858 | Jagdish Chandra Bose, botonist and physics expert, was born at Mymensingh (now in Bangladesh). |
| 5/28/1950 | Bhagwaticharan, great revolutionary, passed away. |
| 4/25/1982 | India's first telecast colour broadcasting started on Dordarshan. |
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