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Historical Event on 8/18/1995

Parvati Giri, also called the Little Mother Teresa, died in Orissa. She was 69. She was a social worker and had taken part during the Quit India movement.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/29/1997Fire engulfs most of the three top floors of the Express Towers, skyrise building owned by Indian Express group in Mumbai.
7/1/1984Ravishankar Maharaj, freedom fighter and national leader of the country, died at the age of 101.
1/21/1969First India built electronic digital computer commissioned.
1/1/1891Sampurnanand, Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, was born.
1/22/1990FIR registered in Bofors kickbacks case.
10/24/1995A total eclipse of the sun witnessed from India to Vietnam.
1/31/1976Air Chief Marshal Om Prakash Mehra, PVSM, retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command.
11/5/1927Lord Irwin, Viceroy of India, met Gandhiji, S.Shriniwas Iyengar and M.A. Ansari Congress leaders at New Delhi.
1/12/1992India and Russia sign a new political treaty.
6/5/1923Santosh Kumar Kisku Rev, great educationist and social worker, was born.