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Historical Event on 8/18/1872

Pandit Vishnu Digambar Paluskar Gadgil, who provided new heights to North Indian classical music, was born at Kundanwadi at Kolhapur distrist in Maharashtra.

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7/2/1961Prof M S Thacker, DG-CSIR, laid the foundation stone for the wind tunnel complex.
1/2/1953Government set up a Board of Editors under Dr. Syed Mahmood to prepare a history of Freedom Movement in India.
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7/1/1965Meerut University was established.
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5/20/1996Janaki Ramachandran, chief minister of Tamil Nadu (1988), passed away.
10/21/1990Doordarshan starts afternoon news bulletins at 2 p.m. (Hindi) and 3 p.m. (English) of 7.5 minutes duration on week days and 5 minutes on Sundays.