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Historical Event on 11/18/1937
Rajinder Pal, cricketer (pace bowler in one Test India v Eng, 0-22), was born in Delhi.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/14/1994 | C. V. Waran, veteran freedom fighter and social worker, passed away. |
| 2/24/1988 | Prithvi, India's first Indigenously designed surface-to-surface tactical missile of 250km, was successfully test fired from Sriharikota. India becomes the fifth country to develop such a missile. |
| 11/17/1966 | India's beauty queen Rita Faria was crowned as 'Miss World' in World Beauty contest held in London. She was a medical student. |
| 9/1/1930 | Suhasini Ganguly, freedom fighter, was arrested and send to Hijali Jail for her revolutionery activities. She later lived a low profiled life after release from prision. |
| 2/28/1900 | Kondedera Madappa Kariappa, first General of independent India, was born. |
| 11/10/1990 | Chandra Shekhar Singh sworn in as 8th Prime Minister of India. He remained in this office till June 21, 1991 Devilal was sworn in as the Dy. Prime Minister. |
| 6/3/1929 | Chimanbhai Patel, former Chief Minister of Gujarat, was born. |
| 6/25/1943 | No. 8 Squadron started functioning absorbing the remaining coastal defence flight personnel, and also issued with a vengeance to achieve operational status. |
| 9/29/1725 | Robert Clive, one of the founders of British empire in India and diplomat, was born. |
| 12/23/1889 | Mehr Chand Mahajan, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born. |
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