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Historical Event on 1/18/1969

Prajapita Brahma, great social reformer and freedom fighter, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/14/1992S. A. Banerjee, cricketer who played one Test for India in 1948 without scoring any runs but took 5 wkts, died.
12/16/1921Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation started tunnel construction under Hoogly river.
10/13/1991PM Rao leaves for Harare to attend the Commonwealth heads of government meeting.
10/11/1999Atal Behari Vajpayee is appointed Prime Minister. Two-tier ministry likely.
6/1/1944Liladhar Jagudi, well known Hindi poet, passed away.
12/11/1926Kamala Kant Pandey was born at Varanasi. He was the first Indian agriculture graduate to win the London Exhibition Scholarship. He was elected fellow of the Linnean Society of London in 1966. In 1975, he made the discovery of a ""revolutionary technique in plant breeding
12/9/1658Dutch troops occupy harbour city Quilon (Coilan), India.
2/26/1996Sahib Singh Verma sworn in as Delhi's second CM.
7/19/1990Planning Commission decides to make changes in the Gadgil formula for central assistance to States in consultation with states.
4/4/1984Squadron Leader Rakesh Sharma was the first Indian Astronaut to go in space from Baikanaur aboard Soviet Space Craft 'Soyuz 11' and revolved around the earth.