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Historical Event on 1/18/1950

Batubhai Umarwadia, father of Gujrati literature's English type and drama writer, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/20/1989Launching of IRBM `Agni' fails.
7/1/1856In south, the first line was opened by the Madras Railway Company. It ran between Veyasarpandy and Walajah Road (Arcot), a distance of 63 miles.
1/21/1956Strikes and demonstrations held in Bihar and Orissa in protest of the government's intention to revise state boundaries.
2/16/1980The first visible Total Solar Eclipse of the 20th Century was seen. This succeeded the total solar eclipse after 22 June 1898.
2/11/1989Pandit Narendra Sharma passed away.
3/14/1998Sonia Gandhi takes over as the Congress(I) president from Sitaram Kesri.
4/10/1935Vasudevaru Kesavaru (K.V. Manalikkera), famous writer and poet, was born at Madras.
9/28/1965India-Pakistan hostility erupts into a war lead by Pakistan.
9/1/1942Rasbihari Bose established the Indian National Army.
9/1/1942The first ship of the Dutch East India Company returned from Far East.