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Historical Event on 5/18/1999
R. B. Sapre, India's first national chess champion, died in Mumbai.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/7/1921 | Kulwant Singh Virk, famous Hindi writer and journalist, was born. |
| 11/15/1992 | 37 die in a landslide at Meghamalai near Chinnamanur. |
| 6/24/1897 | Padmashree Pandit Omkarnath Thakur, famous music director of Gwalior Gharana, was born at Gujrat. |
| 4/14/1891 | Dr. Bhimrao Ramji 'Babasaheb' Ambedkar, India's great social reformer, politician, author, architect, lawyer and agitator, was born in Maharashtra. |
| 12/27/1988 | The first hot-air Cross India Balloon started its flight in Rajasthan. |
| 12/10/1870 | Jadhunath Sarkar, history researcher, was born. |
| 10/16/1990 | Om Shivpuri, famous film and theatre artist, died. |
| 3/13/1963 | Indian Govenment announced 'Arjun Awards' to boost the morale of various sports personalities. |
| 11/7/1966 | Riots over slaughtered cow claims seven lives. |
| 10/30/1883 | Swami Dayanand Saraswati, founder of Arya Samaj, died in Ajmer. |
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