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Historical Event on 1/18/1971

Barrister Nath Pai, freedom fighter and member of parliament, passed away at the age of 49.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/8/1992Assets of 31 persons including Harshad Mehta attached.
8/1/1997Lt. Gen. Ved Prakash Malik to be next chief of Army staff. Gen. Shankar Roy Chowdhury retires on September 30.
3/18/1916Pratapsinh Mathuradas Vissanji, great industrialist, was born at Bombay.
5/13/1967Dr. Zakhir Hussain became 3rd President of India. He was the first Muslim President of Indian Union. He held this position till August 24, 1969.
1/31/1969Saint Meherbaba passed away.
1/31/1903Smt. Sharda Bhaurao Diwan, educationalist, was born.
9/7/1995Mohammed Yousef Jameel, BBC stringer and special correspondent of The Asian Age, died in a parcel bomb explosion in Srinagar.
5/19/1971Indian Navy's first submarine station started at 'Veer Bahu' in Visakhapatanam.
4/15/1992Union Carbide decides to sell its holdings in India to raise upto $ 17 million for a hospital in Bhopal.
4/21/1992UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali visits New Delhi.