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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
6/16/1859Anandram Dhekial Fukun, father of modern Assamia poetry and essay writer, passed away.
2/20/1968Dr Prafulla Kumar Sen and others performed the first ever heart transplantion in Asia. The operation was performed by the Indian surgeons at K.E.M. Hospital, Bombay.
7/22/1678Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj won the fort of Vellore.
10/15/1977The Congress party denies bid by Indira Gandhi to regain leadership.
7/12/1996Ram Vilas Paswan presents railway budget 96-97 with 10\% hike in freight and upper class journeys.
9/14/1997Fire and explosions devastate terminals and storage tanks at Visakh Refinery of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation. Toll put at 51.
4/10/1997Bill Gates, Chairman and CEO of Microsoft, announces Rs. 2.5 crore aid to Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's Gandhi Institute of Computer Education and Information Technology, Mumbai.
12/10/1997Salman Haidar appointed India's High Commissioner to Britain. He succeeded M. L. Singhvi.
4/15/1956A combined army and police action against well armed Naga rebels.
3/8/2000The Gujarat Government withdraws its January 3 notification, thus reimposing the ban on its employees from participating in RSS activities.