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Historical Event on 1/18/1983

Indi Singh, Soccer(Football) player, was born in Vancouver, Canada.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/16/1713Chhatrapati Shahu appointed Balaji Vishwanath, a very remarkable man in Maratha history, as 'Peshwa'.
5/4/1995The fourth ASLV-D4 blasts off from Sriharikota, successfully placing the SROSS-C2 satellite in orbit.
12/11/1991R. G. Sardesai, veteran journalist, died.
10/9/1963Saifuddin Azizuddin Kitchlew, freedom fighter, President of Punjab and the first Indian to win the Lenin Award for International Peace, died.
8/10/1982Memorial of 201 martyrs from Maharashtra inaugurated.
9/5/1909Phiroze Edulji Palia, left-hand batsman and slow spin bowler, was born in Mumbai. He played in India's first Test at Lord's in 1932.
2/24/1988Prithvi, India's first Indigenously designed surface-to-surface tactical missile of 250km, was successfully test fired from Sriharikota. India becomes the fifth country to develop such a missile.
7/10/1965First NCC (National Cadet Corps) College for training girls started at Gwalior.
6/29/1991A 32-member Left Front cabinet led by Jyoti Basu sworn in in West Bengal.
1/11/1921Vasudevacharya Kerur, famous Kannad novelist, drama writer and journalist, passed away.