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Historical Event on 5/18/1945

Bhagwat Subramaniam Chandrasekhar, cricketer (brilliant Indian leggie 1964-79), was born in Banglore. He received Arjun Award and Padmashree awards in 1972.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/4/1955Ministry of Iron & Steel inaugurated.
6/18/1974Govinddas Seth, Hindi litterateur and politician, died.
2/22/1854Kawasji Nanabhai Dawar started the first Cloth Mill namely 'Bombay Spinning Mills'.
9/2/1998Nishant, the pilotless training aircraft developed by DRDO, is successfully flown from Chandipore.
9/30/1996PVN Rao, who was to appear in court in the Pathak cheating case, gets a reprieve
2/12/1990The Berlin Wall is taken down February 12. Germany is reunited over the next year. Warsaw Pact is dissolved.
2/12/1990Saint Gyaneshwar passed away. (Samadhee).
10/13/1971Hitesh Modi, cricketer (Kenyan left-handed batsman 1996 World Cup), was born.
6/5/1974Smallpox epidemic in the country.
1/27/1984First unit of Atomic Energy Production Centre started at Kalpakkam.