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Historical Event on 2/18/1911

Captain Vasudev Belwalkar, who had also written the novels on history and war, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/20/1827Mahatma Jyotirao Govindrao Phule, great social worker and founder of `Satyashodhak Samrajya', was born in Pune.
6/13/2000Major General Manuel Saavedra of Uruguay appointed Chief Military observer of the U.N. Mission monitoring the LoC in Kashmir.
7/10/1965First NCC (National Cadet Corps) College for training girls started at Gwalior.
8/11/1997135 persons killed in flash floods in Shimla & Kiannaur districts of Himachal Pradesh.
1/18/1992Ordinance cuts minimum poll campaign time to 14 days from 20 days.
3/31/1935374 infants wed at a mass ceremony.
3/7/1996Union Cabinet clears decks for extending benefits of reservation to Dalit Christians.
11/15/1999Notorious criminal Surendra alias Dolatpuri is shot dead in a police encounter at Khatavli, Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh.
5/1/199560 killed as Madras-Kanyakumari Express collides with a goods train at Danishpet.
6/15/1659Aurangzeb was declared as the Emperor of India at Red Fort Delhi.