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Historical Event on 2/18/1931

Swraj Paul, Indian and British industrialist and multi-millionaire (Caparo), was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/28/1936Abdul Rashid 'Fida' (Kishtwari), great poet, was born.
9/14/1967US announces plan to give India $1.3 million to buy contraceptives.
1/1/1994This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of Family"".
2/2/1835Thomas Babington Macaulay westernises education in India. English is made official government and court language and as medium of instruction.
8/5/1981Jagjivan Ram heads breakaway Congress(U) and calls new party Congress (J).
12/19/1999The President and the Prime Minister express shock over the bid to assassinate the Sri Lankan President, Chandrika Kumaratunga.
3/25/1998Yashwant Sinha, Finance Minister, and Railway Minister Nitish Kumar present the interim budgets for 1998- 99.
10/9/1949The Territorial Army of India inaugurated by the Governor General.
9/11/1991V. S. Narayan, 'Janmabhumi' Newspaper Group chief, died.
8/28/1998India and Pakistan clash at the Security Council after New Delhi denounced the running of terrorist training camps in the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and Afghanistan.