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Historical Event on 1/18/1950

Batubhai Umarwadia, father of Gujrati literature's English type and drama writer, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/1/1892Mahadev Haribhai Desai, follower of Gandhiji, was born in Surat district.
10/2/1986Rajiv Gandhi survives assassination attempt made by Sikh extremists at Raj Ghat.
12/24/1999Koneru Humpy won the under-12 boys' title and P. Harikrishna won the Under-14 boys' title at the Asian Youth Chess Championship in Ahmedabad.
7/22/1997Bus plummets into the swollen Usri river in Giridih dist, Bihar, killing 70.
2/22/1994Punjab brought back to international air map after 10 years with the introduction of flights to 8 countries from Amritsar Rajasansi Airport.
12/20/1948Ladha Ramji, brother of Amar Singh and played his only Test vs Eng in 1933-34, died at Rajkot.
7/15/1917Tukaram Tanaji Sawant, educationist and famous Hindi writer, was born at Pokharam, (Maharashtra).
2/25/1995Bomb attack on a train in Assam; 27 soldiers killed.
2/14/1994V. P. Singh elected JD Chief in place of S.R. Bommai who stepped down.
2/14/1994Sher Shah Sur died. He was fatally wounded in an explosion on Kalanjara fort while preparing for an attack. He introduced the new silver rupee-coin ""Rupiya"" based on ratio of 40 copper coin pieces (paisa) per rupee and built several roads including the longest road of India known as Grand Trunk Road (now Natioinal Highway-2).