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Historical Event on 8/18/1911

Adityanath Jha, former Governor of Delhi, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/23/1914The British India Steamship Co. and the Peninsular and Oriental Steamship Co. announced their amalgamation at London.
4/24/1959Nehru meets the exiled Dalai Lama in Mussoorie.
6/20/1987Dr. Salim Ali, internationally renowned expert of birds, died at Bombay.
1/28/1951Kashmir issue taken up in UN security council.
1/29/1955'Bhartiya Kamgar Kisan Party' established.
5/10/1996PM P.V. Narasimha Rao and his Council of Ministers resign.
12/20/1993Bangarappa expelled from Congress for 6 years.
9/15/1926Vande Mataram', a lengthy feature film produced by Vande Mataram Film Co, Bombay, was prohibited on September 15 by the Censor Board on the grounds that it was an underlying attack on the prestige of University Education in India. The film, however, was cleared on December 7 after deleting the objectionable scenes.
9/15/1926Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni passed away in his capital.
4/2/1997A division bench of Mumbai High Court holds that a married woman of a joint Hindu family can stake a claim to her father's property.