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Historical Event on 4/18/1904
Ramnath Goenka, president and founder of Indian Express Group, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/17/1930 | Lord Irwin,British Viceroy, allows Indian moderates to visit Gandhi in prison. |
| 2/2/1921 | Mukundrao Kirloskar was born. |
| 12/16/1909 | Lal Singh Narayan Singh, cricketer (scored 15 & 29 in India's 1st Test match), was born near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. |
| 3/9/1863 | Laxman Bapuji Kolhatkar (Bhaurao), famous singer and actor of Marathi theatre, was born. |
| 3/26/1980 | Bombay gets its first rock concert in 10 years (The Police). |
| 5/17/1775 | Marathas were badly mauled in the battle of Arras by Col. Keating in the first Anglo - Maratha war. |
| 5/20/1994 | Indian ship rescues over 2000 Indian nationals trapped in the embattled Yemen's port city of Aden. |
| 7/26/1922 | Girilal Jain, famous journalist and editor, was born. |
| 4/5/1989 | Pannalal Patel, great Gujrati litterateur, died. |
| 8/15/1942 | Mahadev Haribhai Desai, an activist and Mahatma Gandhi's personal secretary, died of heart failure at Aga Khan's Palace. |
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