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Historical Event on 2/18/1996

Kenya's first full One Day International Cricket match at Cricket World Cup vs India. Tendulkar scored 127* and India won over Kenya.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/1/1953Bombay Government decides to abolish ''jagirs'' in merged areas.
10/13/1877Bhulabhai Desai, politician, was born.
1/21/1963East German party Congress ends; Ulbricht, with Soviet support, condemns Chinese invasion of India at Berlin.
11/3/2000BCCI suspends five cricketers -Mohammed Azaruddin, Ajay Sharma, Ajay Jadeja, Nayan Mongia and Manoj Prabhakar--for a period of 15 days after the CBI report.
10/2/1961Indian Limited Shipping Transport Corporation established.
3/3/1859A length of 119 miles of line was laid in the North from Allahabad to Kanpur.
2/15/1901Muddan, famous Kannad poet and author, passed away.
12/30/1946Jawaharlal Nehru calls on Gandhiji, who says, ""My reason wholly supports my heart"".
6/24/1991K. Karunakaran ministry assumes power in Kerala.
6/24/1991Admiral Dom Vasco-da-Gama (c.1469-1524)-I, Portuguese navigator, arrived in India. He sailed around the Cape of Good Hope to Calicut, Kerala with three vessels and was the first Westerner to sail to India from Europe.