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Historical Event on 1/18/1972

Vinod Ganpat Kambli, cricketer (prolific Indian batsman 1993-), was born in Bombay.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/17/1909Bejoy Kumar Sinha, journalist and social worker, was born at Kanpur.
6/7/1996Sq. Ldr. Sanjay Thapar of IAF becomes the first Indian to jump from a parachute and hoist the national flag at the North Pole.
10/1/1854Postal stamp introduced in India. These lithographed stamps were of denominations of half anna and one anna. These stamps bore the Head of Queen Victoria with India at top and value at bottom. The half anna stamp was printed between May 5 to July 29 and printing of one anna stamp commenced on July 26.
5/23/1975P. S. Bapat, victoria cross winner Lieutenant General, passed away.
7/9/199517 Indian mountaineers peaked Jogambha in the Garhwal Himalayas.
4/13/1988Mother Teresa asks Margret Thatcher for help to set up a hostel for London's elderly homeless in UK.
1/1/19958th World Tamil Conference begins in Madurai.
5/19/1953State to control production and distribution of minerals involved in atomic energy development.
2/11/1818Britishers captured the 'Ajinkyatara' fort which belonged to the Marathas.
4/8/2000Air India wins the Rani of Jhansi women's cricket tournament in Chennai.