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Historical Event on 8/18/1969

Humayun Kabir, great politician, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/22/1991New industrial policy for liberalisation of economies announced in Parliament.
6/7/1993Sai Baba escapes attempt on life. Four assailants and two bodyguards were killed.
2/2/1982Geet Sethi becomes the youngest Indian to win the National Billiards' crown at Madras.
1/29/1983Piloo Mody, veteran Parliament member and senior leader of Janata Party, passed away.
8/1/1992S. Rajgopal was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-07-1993.
5/21/1999A powerful bomb explodes and another is defused on the road leading to the Imphal airport minutes before the Prime Minister landed to commence his two-day visit to the State.
5/16/1975Sikkim High Court was established at Gangtok for Sikkim territory.
2/25/1909Gandhiji arrested at Volksrust; sentenced to 3 months.
8/17/1761William Carey, the first English missionary to India, was born. He taught at the newly founded Fort William College at Calcutta from 1801 till his death and helped found the Serampore Press, which made the Bible accessible to over 300 million people.
11/24/1988Mizoram became the first Lok Sabha member.