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Historical Event on 10/18/1861
Chintaman Vinayak Vaidya, historian and researcher, was born.
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| 2/28/1900 | Kondedera Madappa Kariappa, first General of independent India, was born. |
| 8/10/1992 | P. P. Thorat, retired Lt and General, died. |
| 8/9/1996 | Sachin Tendulkar, 23, chosen India's cricket captain. |
| 6/1/1998 | Finance Minister announced the Swadeshi budget. |
| 3/19/1939 | Abbas Ali Baig, cricketer (Indian bat 112 on debut v England 1959), was born in Hyderabad. |
| 1/26/1930 | Mahatma Gandhi started the Dandi march to protest against the Salt Act of the British and the same day Indians swore to get 'Total' Swaraj and organised the day as Swaraj Day. |
| 9/28/1940 | Pundit Sunder Lal Sharma, freedom fighter and social reformer, passed away. He was also known as ""The Chhattisgarh Gandhi"". |
| 11/9/1997 | Film Federation of India chooses Malayalam film 'Guru' as official entry for Oscar awards. |
| 5/9/1996 | J. Jayalalitha, Tamil Nadu CM, resigns. |
| 9/11/1954 | Ram Naresh, editor and Hindi author, was born. |
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