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Historical Event on 8/18/1900

Vijayalakshmi Pandit, first woman President of U.N.O. General Assembly, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/19/1689Sambhaji's queen Yesubai and her child surrendered the Raigarh Fort to the Mughals.
6/16/1950Mithun Chakravorty, famous Hindi film actor, was born.
3/21/1997Seven Kashmiri Pandits gunned down by militants in Sangrampura.
7/12/1965Sanjay Vijay Manjrekar, cricketer (son of Vijay, Indian middle-order batsman), was born in Mangalore.
9/5/1990Rajya Sabha approves the Prasar Bharati Bill rejecting by voice vote three motions moved by the Congress(I) to refer the Bill to a joint select committee.
2/2/2000The Government decides to appoint former Chief Justice of India M.N. Venkatachaliah as the Chairman of the National Commission to review the Constitution.
6/3/1947Evening newspaper 'Jay Hind' published.
9/14/1992Three days of heavy rains cause flooding in northern India and Pakistan claiming 2,500 lives.
11/30/1909Gandhiji reaches South Africa.
4/1/1976Television was separated from radio, and Doordarshan Corporation was established.