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Historical Event on 10/18/1983
Vijay Manjrekar, cricketer 55 Tests for India, 3208 runs @ 39.12, died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/24/1997 | Mahasweta Devi, Bengali litterateur, is recipient of this year's Ramon Magsaysay Award for journalism, literature and creative communication arts for her writings on indigenous communities. |
| 3/25/1996 | 31st Gyanpith award presented to M.T. Vasudevan Nair at Trivandrum by Dr. Karan Singh. |
| 12/30/1865 | Rudyard Kipling, famous English litterateur and author (Jungle Book, Gunga Din-Nobel 1907), was born in Bombay. |
| 5/7/1985 | Adoor Gopalakrishnan adjudged Best Director (Mukhamukham) in national film awards. |
| 2/22/1996 | Madanlal Khurana, Delhi CM, resigns (Hawala scandal). |
| 11/12/1996 | Over 350 people die in mid-air collision in Bhiwani district, Haryana. |
| 3/11/1881 | Ashley Eden unveiled in Calcutta Town Hall the first statue of Indians Ram Nath Tagore and Dwarkanath Tagore. |
| 7/7/1943 | Rasbehari Bose handed over the command of 'Azad Hind Fauz' to Netaji Subhashchandra Bose at Singapore. |
| 7/6/1927 | Prabhjot Kaur, great poet and author, was born at Langrayal (Pakistan). |
| 7/22/1875 | Nandkishor Bal, great Oria poet, novelist and critic, was born. |
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