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Historical Event on 8/15/1918

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

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/23/1980Prakash Padukone becomes the first Indian to win All-England Badminton Championship.
3/22/1957National Calander based on Saka Samvat was adopted. As per this calander, the date of adoption was "Chaitra first, 1879 Saka along with Gregorian.
11/17/1994North Eastern Council decides to include Sikkim in the Council.
6/9/1967Narayan Shripad Rajhans, alias Bal Gandharva, went into a coma in Bombay and never regained his consciousness.
4/25/1982India's first telecast colour broadcasting started on Dordarshan.
2/11/1981Australia all out for 83 vs India at MCG. They were chasing 143 to win.
8/28/1976Second World Hindi Conference held in Mauritius.
12/23/1977Harvinder Singh, great Indian ODI pace-bowler (1997), was born.
1/19/1919Omprakash Mehra, former Indian Air Chief Marshal and former Governor of Maharashtra, was born.
3/31/1997Forex reserves touch a record $ 22.36 billions.