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Historical Event on 3/18/1938

Shashi Kapoor, famous film producer, director, actor and dramatist, was born in Calcutta. He has made sucessful films like Junoon, Kaliyug, Heat and Dust, etc.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/10/1900Jayantnath Chaudhary, former General of Indian Army General, was born.
1/5/2000Tamil Nadu regains Subbiah Pillai Trophy one day cricket tournament.
7/17/1948Govt. announced that all discriminations against women in matter of employment will be done away with and in future, women will be eligible for any public service including administrative sevice and police service.
7/5/1996Janata Dal expels dissident Maneka Gandhi from primary membership of the party.
10/5/1991Vinayakrao Devrukhkar, famous playwright, novelist and editor of a daily newspaper 'Sandhya', died.
8/7/1887Kasturi Shriniwas Iyengar, politician and journalist, was born.
1/10/1964Battles between Muslims & Hindus in Calcutta.
8/2/1993Seven JD (A) rebel MPs admitted to Congress (I).
2/10/1943Gandhi begins hunger strike to protest imprisonment. This strike lasted for 21 days till March 3.
1/26/1950India is proclaimed a Sovereign Democratic Republic ceasing to be a British dominion and adopted Indian Constitution which came into force.