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Historical Event on 8/18/1995

Parvati Giri, also called the Little Mother Teresa, died in Orissa. She was 69. She was a social worker and had taken part during the Quit India movement.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/12/1942Nehru pledges 'no surrender' to the Axis despite the rejection of Britain's plans at New Delhi.
2/5/1986Laxmanrao Sardesai, famous Marathi and Konkani litterateur, passed away.
7/1/1913Kumarmanglam Parasshiv Prabhakar, former Chief of Indian Army, was born.
8/25/1996194 pilgrims die of cold at the cave temples of Amarnath .
9/11/1948Mohammad Ali Jinnah, father of Pakistan, died.
12/3/1956Manik Bandopadhyay, modern Bengali novelist and story writer, passed away.
12/3/1956Jesuit father and first Englishman S.J.Thomas Stephens arrived at Goa in a Portuguese ship. He settled here and died in 1619.
5/23/1996In second phase of elections in Kashmir valley, Anantnag and Baramulla parliamentary constituencies go to the polls.
8/26/1927Second Radio Centre was started in Calcutta.
11/14/1957Children's Day.