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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 |
| 12/20/1957 | Satyajit Ray's 'Pather Panchali' is declared the best film at the San Francisco Film Festival. |
| 10/18/1712 | Jeremias Van Riemsdijk, Governor General of Dutch Indies (1775-77), was born. |
| 4/30/1992 | Over 7 years after the gas disaster, a Bhopal court orders attachment of Carbide properties in India. |
| 5/13/1953 | The first Indian Navy air station INS Garuda was commissioned at Venduruthy, the naval base in Cochin. |
| 6/7/1606 | Guru Arjundev, fifth Guru of Sikhs, passed away. |
| 7/23/1988 | Jahangir Khan, cricketer (4 Tests for India 1932-36), died. |
| 7/31/1865 | Jagannath Sunkersett, great social worker, educationist and sculptor of modern Mumbai, passed away at the age of 62. |
| 11/1/1966 | Punjab High Court was renamed as Punjab & Haryana High Court. This court was established in Chandigarh for Punjab, Haryana & Chandigarh territory. |
| 2/7/1954 | The present cres: the motto ""Shastra Se Shakti"" was adopted. In 1989, Hindi lettering of ""Shastra Se Shakti"" was adopted. |
| 7/5/1968 | Naval Submarine wing in Indian Naval Force came into existence with the arrival of the first submarine from the Soviet Union. |
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