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Historical Event on 8/15/1918

Hans Kumar Tiwari, famous poet and translater, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/22/1977Janata and its allies gain absolute majority in Lok Sabha.
6/13/1965Maninder Singh Harbansingh Billa, cricketer (Indian leftarm spinner in 35 Tests 1982-93), was born in Pune.
12/27/1998Nobel laureate Prof. Amartya Sen unveils his plans to set up a charity trust with the award money for development of education and health in India and Bangladesh.
8/16/1932Britain instituted new electoral plan for India: to allow limited untouchables and giving them separate representation.
8/1/1922Ratilal Sankalchand Nayak, educationist and writer, was born at Kadi, Gujarat .
1/12/1993Ramakanth Rath, well-known Oriya poet, gets the Saraswathi Samman of Rs.3 lakh.
8/2/2000The Lok Sabha performs a ''hat-trick'' by setting off the process for the creation of three new states by passing the Jharkhand Bill.
12/5/1992Monisha, actress and winner of the 1987 'Urvasi' award for the Malayalam film 'Nakhakshathangal' died at a young age of 21 years.
4/27/1854First telegram was sent between Mumbai and Pune.
2/1/1990Governors named for 14 states.