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Historical Event on 1/18/1970

Kishan Singh at Cuttack sets record for 50 Km W.in 4.19.48.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/25/193150 killed in riots in India; Gandhi assaulted.
4/14/1995India beats Sri Lanka to win the Asia Cricket Cup final in Sharjah.
8/27/1997Daljeet Singh and Debi Bose set national records in the Federation Cup athletics at Chennai in javelin throw and hurdles respectively.
11/11/1979President N. Sanjiva Reddy declares the opening of the first International Trade Fair of India.
1/25/1930Mehdi Baqer, great educationist, was born at Faizabad in UP.
6/18/1658Aurangzeb managed to capture the Agra Fort and later arrested his father Emperor Shahjahan.
2/13/1719Jahandar Shah was strangled to death and the Sayyid brothers were killed soon after.
10/14/1953Raghunath Dhondo Karve, Family Planning and Sex Education preacher, died.
11/12/1959Keshavrao Marutirao Jedhe, great leader of Harijans and farmers, passed away.
7/22/199824-year old P T Usha won bronze medals in the 400m and 200m races and anchored the 4x100m relay team to gold and 4x400m for silver at the Asian Track and Field Championships in Fukuoka, Japan.