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Historical Event on 2/18/1931

Swraj Paul, Indian and British industrialist and multi-millionaire (Caparo), was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/5/1955Kumari Mamata Promileswar Banerjee was born in Calcutta (West Bengal).
9/29/1981Delhi-Srinagar Indian Airlines Boeing 737 flight was diverted to Lahore, Pakistan by five Khalistan activists of the Dal Khalsa International. On board there were 117 passengers out of which 66 were freed on arrival in Lahore.
5/11/1999Supreme Court confirms the death sentence on four of the 26 accused in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, reduces to life imprisonment the sentence on three others and acquits the remaining 19.
1/6/1987Jaidev, famous music director, passed away.
12/20/1978Riots in many Indian cities in protest against Indira Gandhi's imprisonment.
1/27/1901Tarkatirtha Laxmanshastri Joshi, the great thinker, master of Sanskrit and editor of Marathi Vishwakosh, was born.
9/5/1979Earl of Mountbatten's funeral held in Burma.
8/18/199112 LTTE militants commit suicide.
5/20/1994Indian ship rescues over 2000 Indian nationals trapped in the embattled Yemen's port city of Aden.
1/14/1896Chintaman Dwarkanath Deshmukh, former Finance Minister of India, was born.