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Historical Event on 1/18/1950

Batubhai Umarwadia, father of Gujrati literature's English type and drama writer, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/25/1983Telugu Desam swept to power in Andhra Pradesh.
10/25/1997180mw Lower Periyar Hydroelectric Project in Kerala commissioned after 13 long years.
6/19/199013 Sri Lankan Tamils, including EPRLF Secretary General Padmanabha, were shot dead in Madras reportedly by LTTE men.
12/27/1936Golden Jublee Session of Indian National Congress, under the presidentship of Jawaharlal Nehru, held at Faizpur urging India to strike at British imperialism.
1/16/1620Amarsingh I, Rajput's guhilot lineage king of Mewad, died.
2/19/1996Biennial elections to fill 39 Rajya Sabha seats in nine states.
9/11/2000A Delhi High Court exonerates senior Congress(I) leader and former Union Minister H.K.L. Bhagat in a 1984 anti-Sikh riot case in Delhi (in Mansarovar Park in East Delhi on November 1, 1984).
7/21/1935Establishment 'Mumabi Marathi Sahitya Sangh'.
7/1/1879Post Card of one paisa was started in India by the Post and Telegraph Department.
12/27/1926Imperial Airways announces the first scheduled air service to India from New Year in UK.