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Historical Event on 4/18/1914
Jamshedji R. Patel, cricket Test Umpire for 9 tests from 1948-59, was born in Mumbai.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/25/1976 | India announces plan to penalize parents who have more than two children. |
| 3/11/1975 | Battle between Marathas and Nizam at Kharda. |
| 2/22/1977 | Emergency and 'MISSA' laws were cancelled. |
| 7/25/1992 | Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma sworn in as the ninth President of India. He remain in this office from July 25, 1992 to July 25, 1997. |
| 11/6/1931 | Chithira Tirunal Bala Ramavarma, ascended throne and ruled state of Travancore as Maharaja, passed away. |
| 9/10/1976 | An Indian Airlines Boeing 737 aeroplane was hijacked for the second time and taken to Lahore, Pakistan. |
| 12/25/2000 | A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, launches a Rs.60,000 crore ''Gram Sadak Yojana'' for linking all villages and the ""Antyodaya Anna Scheme'' for providing cheap foodgrains under the TPDS. |
| 8/21/1955 | Ramnarayan Vishwanath Pathak, noted critic of Gujarati literature, poet and story writer, passed away. |
| 5/2/1926 | Hindu women gain right to seek elected office. |
| 5/6/1967 | Dr. Zakir Hussain elected President. |
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