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Historical Event on 4/18/1961

Pamella Bordes, photographer and model, was born in New Dehli, India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/31/1997Election Commission agrees to grant national party status to Bahujan Samaj Party but asks it to give up its election symbol--elephant.
1/6/1664Chhatrapati Shivaji attacked on Surat.
2/3/1998The BJP releases its election manifesto promising to make India a nuclear state; build a Ram temple at Ayodha and work for a uniform civil code.
6/8/1999ATP announced Paes-Bhupathi as No. 1 ranked doubles team. In individual doubles ranking, Bhupathi and Paes were No. 1 and 2 respectively.
6/26/1888Ghanshyam Das Birla, great freedom fighter and social reformer, was born at Pilani.
6/19/2000Salgocar wins the Pondicherry Millennium All India Football tournament in Pondicherry.
4/1/1954French settlements in India pass under Indian control.
5/3/1977Hamid Dalwai, father of Muslim Satyashodhak Mandal in Maharashtra, passed away.
1/24/1957Kagaz Ke Phool, the first Indian black and white cinemascope film, was made.
9/10/1999Top seeds Bhupathi and Paes finished runners-up in the US Open doubles, losing to Sebastien Lareau and Alex O'Brien in the final.