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Historical Event on 5/18/1945
Bhagwat Subramaniam Chandrasekhar, cricketer (brilliant Indian leggie 1964-79), was born in Banglore. He received Arjun Award and Padmashree awards in 1972.
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| 11/14/1955 | Employees' State Insurance Corporation was inaugurated by the President. |
| 7/16/1917 | Jagdishchandra Mathur, modern Hindi playwright, was born. |
| 12/1/1966 | Nagaland becomes a state of the Indian Union. |
| 9/9/1981 | Phiroz Edulji Palia, cricketer (two Tests for India, 29 runs & 0/13), died. |
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| 9/29/2000 | India loses to Britain in the play off for the fifth and sixth places in the hockey match at the Sydney Olympics. |
| 3/2/1996 | Tendulkar scores 137 for India vs Sri Lanka in Cricket World Cup, but India still lose the match. |
| 7/10/1909 | Gandhiji arrives in London with the assistance of Lord Ampthill and works ceaselessly to educate influential British leaders and the public, and also to move Imperial authorities. |
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