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Historical Event on 8/18/1923
Sadashiv ""Sadu"" Ganpatrao Shinde, cricketer (Indian leg-spinner during the late 1940's and early 1950's), was born in Bombay.
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| 5/12/1993 | Lok Sabha okays extension of President's rule in the former BJP-ruled states. |
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| 8/19/1907 | Acharya Hajariprasad Dwivedi was born. |
| 2/14/1922 | Bhimsen Joshi, great singer and composer, was born. |
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| 3/4/1990 | Congress (I) gains absolute majority in Arunachal Pradesh; Gegong Apang CM. |
| 11/10/1659 | Chhatrapati Shivaji killed Afzal Khan near Pratapgad Fort by a clever but undignified move. |
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