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Historical Event on 2/18/1911

Captain Vasudev Belwalkar, who had also written the novels on history and war, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/23/1959Chinese military confrontation with India in Aksai Chin killed 17 Indian soldiers in a clash on the Kashmir border.
4/20/1973Rioting over food shortages ends after three days in Nagpur.
5/5/1977Chandra Shekar chosen President of the Janatha Party.
4/2/1970Privy purses and special privileges of former Indian rulers abolished.
2/9/1946Demonstrations were held against the trial of the INA men. The ratings and a few units of the Royal Indian Navy rise in open Mutiny in Mumbai harbours.
5/30/1826The first Hindi newspaper 'Udant Martand' was published from Calcutta under the Editorship of Pandit Shridhar Shukla.
9/9/1896Shyam Lal Gupt 'Parshad', freedom fighter, social worker and Padamshree awardee, was born in Narwal village near Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh.
2/11/1981Australia all out for 83 vs India at MCG. They were chasing 143 to win.
11/17/1948Despite the scepticism on the part of the US and British advisers concerning the feasibility of the scheme, the first half-dozen HAL-reconditioned B-24s were ready by November 1948 and, on the 17th of that month, No. 5 Squadron was formed with these heavy bombers.
3/4/1895Surendra Singh Majithia, great industrialist, was born.