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Historical Event on 8/18/1920

Harbhajan Singh, educationist and writer, was born at Lumding.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/23/1992Tin Bigha Day protest in India of corridor opening to Bangladesh.
5/9/1998Kirit Raval is appointed Solicitor-General of India.
7/14/1856Gopal Ganesh Agarkar, great social worker, was born.
3/20/1998Rajesh Kumar Singh, CPI(ML) leader, is shot at Pandeypur village in Patna.
10/14/1994Setu Madhavrao Pagdi, researcher and historian, died.
10/6/1998Railways wins the BOB-Senior National Hockey championship for women defeating Haryana in the final at Chennai.
12/14/1990Vijay Karan became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 01/06/92).
7/31/1997Election Commission agrees to grant national party status to Bahujan Samaj Party but asks it to give up its election symbol--elephant.
4/1/1930Government announced 15 yrs and 18 yrs as minimum marriageable age for girls and boys. This is presently remodified.
6/29/199324 jawans were killed in ambush by NSCN militants in Manipur.