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Historical Event on 7/18/1993
Dr. Banoo Coyaji, 75, gets Magsaysay Award for Public Service.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/1/1961 | Kalpana Chawla, the first Indian women astronaut (STS 87), was born in Karnal. |
| 1/21/1924 | Professor Madhu Dandavate, former Finance Minister, was born at Ahmednagar. |
| 1/30/1949 | Night Airmail Services was inaugurated. |
| 10/14/1919 | Raghu Karmkar, famous cinephotographer, was born. |
| 12/10/1999 | Pranab Mukherjee and Jaipal Reddy are chosen outstanding parliamentarians for 1997 and 1998 respectively. |
| 12/13/1984 | The death toll in a toxic gas leak from an insecticide plant in Bhopal, India, now is estimated at 2,100, and tens of thousands of residents fled the city today after it was announced that the Union Carbide plant would be started up again to neutralize the effect. |
| 10/6/1858 | Nanasaheb Peshwa, a revolutionary of first mutiny, died. |
| 3/8/1963 | Gursharan Singh Narainsingh, cricketer (Indian batsman played one Test 1989-90), was born in Amritsar. |
| 9/4/1997 | Dharmavir Bharti, great journalist and editor of Dharamyug, died at 6 am. |
| 4/26/1908 | Judge Sarv Mittra Sikri, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born. |
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