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Historical Event on 10/18/1927
Ramesh Vithaldas Divecha, cricketer (11 wickets for India in early 50's), was born in Bombay.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/22/1913 | Lakshmikant Jha, Governor of Jammu and Kashmir state and international famed ecomonist, was born. |
| 11/15/1992 | At least 170 people die in heavy rains and floods in Tamil Nadu and Kerala. |
| 5/27/1997 | Sri Lanka claims Independence Cup, winning the second match in the best-of-three finals in Calcutta. |
| 3/19/2000 | Bill Clinton, US President, arrives to a warm welcome in India. This was the first presidential visit of a US head in two decades. |
| 3/9/1996 | India wins India-Pakistan World Cup Quater Final cricket match in Bangalore (Wills World Cup). This was the last international match played by Javed Miandad. |
| 12/16/1971 | Bangladesh was formed. President Yahya Khan of Pakistan changed his position dramatically and announced he would accept a ceasefire with India. After his forces in East Pakistan surrendered unconditionally, Yahya Khan vowed to keep fighting in the West against his political enemy. His reversal today undermines his administration, and there are growing indications he will step down as head of the military government. Yahya has already been criticized for his brutal repression of the Bengali separatist movement, which has renamed East Pakistan as Bangladesh. It appears that the separatists may actually benefit from the fighting, because India has managed to defeat most of Yahya's military forces in East Pakistan. |
| 2/5/1970 | Kauai Aadheenam, Hindu monastery, site of Kadavul Hindu Temple, Saiva Siddhanta Church headquarters, San Marga Sanctuary and editorial offices of Hinduism Today were founded today at Hawaii's Garden Island. |
| 12/28/1977 | Sumitranandan Pant, famous Hindi poet and literaeur, died. |
| 3/13/1978 | Ghulam Mustafa Guard, cricketer (3 wkts in 2 Tests for India), passed away. |
| 5/28/1925 | Awadh Kishore Narain, educationist, was born. |
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