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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
5/18/1992President R. Venkataraman reaches Beijing.
1/16/1973Om Prakash Mehra, Air Chief Marshal PVSM, became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/01/1976.
7/22/1981India's first experimental geo-stationary communication satellite 'Apple' started working which was launched on June 19, 1981.
2/3/1928Simon Commission comes to India under Lord Irwin, after which serious rioting started on his arrival.
1/19/1855G. Subramaniam Iyer, active worker of Indian National Congress since its establishment, was born.
8/13/1913Khawtin Khuma, politician, was born at Phuldungsei, Tripura.
3/17/1957New Central Cabinet under J. L. Nehru sworn in.
11/1/1945Narendra Dabholkar, blind faith eradicator (Andhashradhha Nirmulak), was born.
4/26/1993Indian Airlines' IC 491 crashes at Aurangabad, killing 55 passengers.
3/9/1990Lalu Prasad Yadav to form JD Ministry in Bihar.