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Historical Event on 7/18/1993
Girilal Jain, 71, The Times of India editor, died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/29/1988 | Syed Modi, 28-year national badminton champion, was shot dead at K. D. Singh Stadium in Lucknow. |
| 10/28/1998 | Ghulam Ahmed, former Indian cricket captain, died in Hyderabad. |
| 7/9/1969 | India accepted 'Royal Bengal Tiger' as its National Animal, as recommended by the Indian Wild life Board. This Tiger is also known as the majestic tiger - panthere tigris (Linnaeus). |
| 2/22/1978 | Judge Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 11/07/1985. |
| 3/22/1997 | Deshabhimani daily, official organ of CPI (M), launches its 5th edition from Kottayam, Kerala. |
| 1/9/1935 | Britain signs the Trade Pack with India. |
| 8/22/1993 | The first batch of IAF troops landed in the capital city of Mogadishu. |
| 9/9/1872 | Sarladevi Chaudharani, Bengali poet, was born. |
| 9/23/1903 | Yusuf Meherali, freedom fighter and socialist, was born. |
| 12/13/1984 | The death toll in a toxic gas leak from an insecticide plant in Bhopal, India, now is estimated at 2,100, and tens of thousands of residents fled the city today after it was announced that the Union Carbide plant would be started up again to neutralize the effect. |
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