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Historical Event on 8/18/1911

Adityanath Jha, former Governor of Delhi, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/30/1992The first Indian-built ALH (Advanced Light Helicopter) successfully flown in Bangalore.
10/5/1932Madhavrao Laxmanrao Apte, cricketer (7 Tests for India, 1 century), was born in Bombay.
8/25/1997Forest outlaw Veerappan seeks more time to decide on his surrender as per the terms of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka government.
12/3/1971Pakistan took the initiative of striking the airfields both in the East and the West. While the IAF carried out retaliatory air strikes in the West and shot the Pakistan Air Force (PAP) out of the skies.
1/8/1995ONGC's oil rig blow out at Pasalapudi site in Andhra Pradesh.
5/21/1994The Union Government imposes blanket ban on capitation fee for admission to private professional colleges.
12/11/1958Wilson Jones became India's first individual World Champion when he won the Amateur Billiards Championship.
8/29/1928Hiralal Ghisulal Gaikwad, cricket all-rounder who played the only test vs Pakistan, was born in Nagpur.
6/4/1997Fourth Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-1D), carring advanced remote sensing cameras launched by India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-1D), in service.
1/27/1988The first ever helicopter mail service was inaugurated at Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The first flight was from Port Blair to Havelock Island and its inaugurated by the Governer of Andaman and Nicobar Island.