18th Jan – What Happened Today In History?

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Find out what happened on the 18th of January in History. There are a lot many happenings which had taken place on this date in the pages of Indian History, here we have listed some of the very important events occur 18th of January

Minissha Lamba (born 18 January 1985 is an Indian actress who appears in Bollywood films. Her notable films include Yahaan, Bachna Ae Haseeno, Kidnap, Shaurya and Well Done Abba. Minissha Lamba went to school at Sherwood Hall School and later on moved to Chettinad Vidyashram, both in Chennai.
Monica Bedi (born 18 January 1975) is an Indian/Norwegian actress, television-presenter, television-contestant. She debuted in Hindi films in mid 1990s. Bedi was born to Dr. Prem Kumar Bedi and Shakuntala Bedi on January 18, 1975 in a village named Chabbewal in the district Hoshiarpur, Punjab.
Mariano Barreto (born January 18, 1957) is a Portuguese football manager. His last job was an assistant coach in the Russian Premier League with FC Kuban Krasnodar. Barreto was officially registered as head coach of Kuban because Sergei Ovchinnikov
Vinod Ganpat Kambli (born 18 January 1972, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India) is a former Indian cricketer, who played for India as a middle order batsman, as well as for Mumbai and Boland, South Africa. He is childhood friend of the Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar.
Aparna Popat (born January 18, 1978) is an Indian badminton player. Aparna Popat was born in Mumbai, Maharashtra into a Gujarati family of Lalji Popat and Heena Popat. She studied at the J.B.Petit School in Mumbai, and her Pre university from Mount Carmel College, Bangalore.

Death Anniversaries on 18th of January

Joseph Rudyard Kipling (30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936) was an English short-story writer, poet, and novelist chiefly remembered for his tales and poems of British soldiers in India, and his tales for children. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907.
Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao (born Nimmakuru, Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh; 28 May 1923 – 18 January 1996), popularly known by his initials NTR, was an Indian film actor, director, producer, and a politician. He is also called as “Anna Garu”(Elder Brother) by Telugu People.
Harivansh Rai Shrivastav alias Bachchan (27 November 1907 – 18 January 2003), was a noted Indian poet of Chhayavaad literary movement (romantic upsurge) of early 20th century Hindi literature. He was also a famous poet of the Hindi Kavi Sammelan.
Saadat Hassan Manto (May 11, 1912 – January 18, 1955) was a short story writer of the Urdu language. He is best known for his short stories, “Bu” (Odour), “Khol Do” (Open It), “Thanda Gosht” (Cold Meat), and his magnum opus, “Toba Tek Singh”. Manto was also a film and radio scriptwriter and a journalist.
Kundan Lal (K.L.) Saigal (11 April 1904 – 18 January 1947) was an Indian singer and actor who is considered the first superstar of the Hindi film industry, which was centered in Calcutta during Saigal’s time, but is currently centered in Mumbai.

Notable Event

1842 Mahadev Govind Ranade was born. He was the chief architect of Bombay Prathana Samaj.
1913 Gandhiji refers in ”Indian Opinion” the possibility of return home to India by mid-year.
1942 Gandhiji restarts ‘Harijan’ and allied weeklies.
1959 Miss Meera Behn, follower of Gandhi, left India for good.
1970 Kishan Singh at Cuttack sets record for 50 Km W.in 4.19.48.