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Historical Event on 8/18/1891

Jain Muni Mishrimalji, poet, social reformer and orator, was born at Pali, Rajasthan.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/11/1997135 persons killed in flash floods in Shimla & Kiannaur districts of Himachal Pradesh.
8/15/1947At the stroke of midnight, India is free after 163 years of British Raj. At the same time Muslims win a degree of freedom from Hindus. They have their own separate dominion Pakistan in the British Commonwealth Sect.
3/6/1947Churchill opposes troop withdrawal from India at London.
10/26/1969Neil Armstrong, the first men to land on Moon by 'Apollo II ', and Edwin Aldrin came to Bombay.
4/3/1994S.Bangarappa, former CM, launches his Karnataka Congress Party.
10/2/1952Community Development Programme started.
3/3/1997Indian Socialist Party headed by Arangil Sridharan merges with Lok Sakthi. It was floated by Ramakrishna Hedge.
2/14/1959Nehru tells the International Conference on Planned Parenthood that Indian family planning efforts have not stopped population growth.
5/22/1927M. S. Shivsankaraiyah, cricket test umpire for 3 tests from 1974-77, was born at Andhra Pradesh.
8/12/1988S. R. Bommai elected Karnataka CM.