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Historical Event on 6/18/1979
Sri Lanka beat India by 47 runs in Cricket World Cup upset.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/1/1954 | French handed over their territories of Pondicherry, Mahe, Karikal and Yanon to the Government of India. |
| 9/27/1958 | Mihir Sen becomes the first Indian to cross the English Channel from Dover to Calais. |
| 12/24/1999 | Indian Airlines Kathmandu-Delhi Airbus 300 with 186 people on board hijacked shortly after take-off. |
| 3/28/1917 | Umesh Chandra Panigrahi, great author and journalist, was born at Raruan, Orissa. |
| 1/21/1997 | Delhi was the first city to use propane gas when 50 autorickshaws were started on trial basis. |
| 1/25/1930 | Mehdi Baqer, great educationist, was born at Faizabad in UP. |
| 8/15/1990 | Uttar Maharashtra University was established. |
| 1/5/1941 | Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, cricketer (Nawab of Pataudi jr., Indian batsman & youngest Indian Test Captain), was born in Bhopal. |
| 11/22/2000 | Chhota Rajan, Mumbai gangster, escapes from the custody of Thai authorities. |
| 12/4/2000 | India deports TULF functionary-turned LTTE supporter M.K. Eelavendhan, a Chennai resident for over a decade. |
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