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Historical Event on 8/18/1956

Sandeep Madhusudan Patil, great Indian batsman, was born in Bombay.

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11/8/1927Lal Krishna Adwani was born in Karachi (now in Pakistan).
1/26/1993Sub Lt. Rubi Singh of the Navy becomes the first woman in India to lead an armed force contingent in the Republic Day parade at New Delhi; British PM John Major attends as the first ever British head of Government as Chief Guest.
1/15/1998Gulzari Lal Nanda, Gandhian freedom fighter and twice acting Prime Minister in 1964 and 1966, died in Ahmedabad at the age of 100 years.
7/3/1998Kavi Pradeep, Hindi film lyricist, is selected for the 1997 Dada Saheb Phalke award.