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Historical Event on 7/18/1980
Naoomal Jeoomal, cricketer (3 Tests for India 1932-34, 108 runs), died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/29/1975 | Adinath Lahiri, leading geologist, passed away. |
| 12/20/1993 | Bangarappa expelled from Congress for 6 years. |
| 5/14/2000 | L. K. Advani, Union Home Minister, announces extension of the ban on the LTTE by two more years. |
| 4/13/1997 | Anand wins Dos Hermanas chess crown. |
| 2/20/1994 | Government makes the first appointment under 27\% reservation for Other Backward Classes in Central Services and Public Sector Undertaking. |
| 4/20/1960 | Pannalal Ghosh, famous flute player, passed away. |
| 3/14/1994 | Narsinha Rao, Prime Minister, arrives in London for a 4-day official visit. |
| 12/31/1961 | 99 Infantry Brigade Group, under Brigadier K S Raja, launched operations in Katanga province and regained full control of Katanga amidst stiff resistance offered by a break away faction (Katangese gendarmerie). |
| 12/25/1972 | Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, great revolutionary freedom fighter, social worker, eminent litterateur, first Indian Governor General and the founder President of Swatantra Party, passed away. |
| 6/11/1930 | A cyclonic storm blew a train off the rails near Himmatnagar, Gujarat, killing at least one person and injuring many more. |
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