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Historical Event on 3/18/1938

Shashi Kapoor, famous film producer, director, actor and dramatist, was born in Calcutta. He has made sucessful films like Junoon, Kaliyug, Heat and Dust, etc.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/4/1927Dr. Laxminarayan Lal was born.
3/15/1950Planning Commission Day.
3/15/1950Chandbibi made treaty with Murad and gave 'Varhad' area to Mughals.
6/18/1994The strength of the Sikkim Sangram Parishad ministry led by Sanchaman Limboo reduced to 14 in the 32-member house.
10/30/1977Demonstrators and police clash in Madras as Indira Gandhi tours the country.
3/4/2000Geeta Mukherjee (76), veteran communist leader, died of a massive heart attack in New Delhi. Popularly known as 'Geetadi', she won every Lok Sabha election from Panskura in West Bengal since 1980.
11/22/1971Indian and Pakistan governments protested violations of national airspace along the western border, but aerial conflict between the respective air arms began, preceding full-scale warfare between India and Pakistan by 12 days.
4/1/1962Metric weights became compulsory as New Weights and Measurements Metric system was intoduced by Indian Government.
8/14/1996Amrit Rai, son of Munshi Premchand, died.
3/29/1954Indian Institute of Public Administration inaugurated.