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Historical Event on 1/18/1947
Kundanlal Saigal, famous film star and unique singer, died at Jalandhar.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/24/1991 | Bihar's ruling JD makes a clean sweep of all the three Lok Sabha seats in the by-elections. |
| 5/7/1950 | 81 people died in a rail crash at Patna. A sabotage was suspected. |
| 1/17/1917 | Dr. Maruthur Gopala Ramachandran, (M.G.R.), Indian film star, politician and charismatic Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, was born at Kandy, Sri Lanka. He was also the founder of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhaga (AIADMK). |
| 1/17/1917 | Alauddin Khalji conquered the throne of Delhi. In July declared himself as the Sultan. |
| 7/24/1996 | Govt. decides to raise the ceiling on the maximum amount of retirement/death gratuity from Rs. 1 lakh to Rs. 2.50 lakhs. |
| 2/15/1865 | Kishorilal Goswami, Hindi novelist, was born. |
| 4/9/1974 | India, Pakistan, Bangladesh reach pact to exchange prisoners of 1971 war in New Delhi. |
| 2/20/1929 | K. B. Ramaswamy, cricket test umpire for 8 tests from 1976-84, was born at Tamil Nadu. |
| 8/6/1994 | The Muslim Auqaf Trust takes over charge of the Hazratbal shrine after the removal of security bunkers around it by authorities. |
| 3/13/1971 | Fifth General Election of India ends. |
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