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Historical Event on 4/18/1904

Ramnath Goenka, president and founder of Indian Express Group, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/26/1983R. V. Marathe, father of Postal Index, passed away.
11/19/2000Indian girls lifts Asian junior title in the inaugural Asian Hockey Federation cup under-18 championship in Hong Kong.
6/4/1902Richard Allen, India, field hockey goal tender (Olympic-gold-1928), was born.
5/12/1999Arunachal Pradesh Governor refuses to quit.
5/29/1993Ramesh More, Shiv Sena MLA, was murdered.
6/25/1908Sucheta Kriplani, former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, was born.
6/25/1908Admiral Dom Vasco-da-Gama (c.1469-1524)-I, Portuguese navigator, arrived in India. He sailed around the Cape of Good Hope to Calicut, Kerala with three vessels and was the first Westerner to sail to India from Europe.
11/17/1915Vishnu Gopal Pingle was hanged for revolting against the Indian Army in Talegaon prison of Pune.
5/13/1994Renowned environmentalist Maurice F. Strong chosen for the Jawaharlal Nehru International Understanding award for 1992.
9/30/1996PVN Rao, who was to appear in court in the Pathak cheating case, gets a reprieve