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Historical Event on 1/1/1918

Sir Edwin Lutyens was knighted in recognition of his quality of work at Delhi and his gratuitious services to the War Graves Commission.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/1/1918A battle was fought at Turkra or Turkra Qasba (in the Balasore district) in which the Afghans were routed.
6/11/1976Indira Gandhi and Brezhnev sign the Moscow Declaration of Friendship and Cooperation.
9/6/1996CBI arrests four Jharkhand Mukti Morcha leaders in bribery case.
3/9/1990Darbara Singh, former Punjab Chief Minister, died.
12/17/1910Keki Khursedji Tarapore, cricketer (0-72 in his only Test for India), was born in Bombay.
12/12/1872Balkrishna Shivram Munje, freedom fighting leader and president of Hindu Mahasabha, was born.
7/22/1918During the First World War, India's first fighter pilot Indra Lal Rai's plane was shot down in battle by Germans planes near London. Rai had fought for Britisher's Force.
1/11/1996Canadian PM Jean Chretien visits New Delhi.
11/5/1995Narsimha Rao, PM, reaches Argentina for G-15 summit at Buenos Aires.
2/11/1996Nepal PM Sher Bahadur Deuba arrives in India for a week-long visit.