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Historical Event on 3/18/1938

Shashi Kapoor, famous film producer, director, actor and dramatist, was born in Calcutta. He has made sucessful films like Junoon, Kaliyug, Heat and Dust, etc.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/14/1959Nehru rejects China's proposal for a mutual withdrawal of troops from a border buffer zone.
5/4/1993Santosh Yadav became the first Indian woman to conquer the Everest twice.
8/13/1795Ahilyabai Holkar passed away at the age of 70.
7/11/1953Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu was born in Mumbai (Mahatrahtra).
9/16/1996First one-day international in Canada played between India and Pakistan at Toronto.
1/3/1917Kartarsingh Duggal, famous Punjabi story-writer and novelist, was born.
10/2/1993Prime Minister's employment project started in urban areas.
11/15/1991Import curbs on capital goods relaxed.
6/18/1956New Hindu Succession Act was passed.
10/31/1984Indira Gandhi, India's four-time prime minister, was gunned down by two members of her personal security guard as she walked from her home to her office in New Delhi. She died after four hours of emergency surgery. The only daughter of former Prime Minister Nehru was 66. Both of her attackers were identified as members of the Sikh religion. One was shot dead. The other was captured. Sikh extremists had threatened to kill Ms. Gandhi since she ordered the raid on their shrine in Amritsar. She had told an interviewer that she was not intimidated by the threats. 'I am not afraid,' she said. 'I am frequently attacked.'