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Historical Event on 4/18/1978
Sardar Sobha Singh, famous builder of modern New Delhi, passed away at the age of 90.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/3/1885 | Congress passes Indian Appropriations Act (Indians wards of fed govt). |
| 3/4/1991 | Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha presents mid-term budget, cut in food and fertiliser subsidy, amounting to Rs. 934 crore, proposed. |
| 7/1/1997 | Over 23,000 blowdowns completed in 1.2 m tunnel. |
| 9/9/1896 | Shyam Lal Gupt 'Parshad', freedom fighter, social worker and Padamshree awardee, was born in Narwal village near Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh. |
| 3/1/1930 | Coimbatarao Doraikannu Gopinath, cricketer (batted in 8 Tests for India in the 1950's), was born in Madras. |
| 2/7/1922 | Britain threatens crackdown in India to combat Gandhi's civil disobedience campaign. |
| 8/6/1951 | Rukmini Lakshmipathi, great social reformer and leader, died. |
| 7/22/1925 | Govind Talwalkar, famous journalist and editor, was born. |
| 4/5/1991 | Kerala Assembly dissolved paving way for elections. |
| 1/25/1980 | Awards regarding Public Honour were re-started by Goverment of India; Mother Teresa was honoured by Bharat Ratna, Padma Vibhushan, etc. |
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