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Historical Event on 4/18/1859

Tatya Tope (his original name was Ramchandra Raghunath Tope) a leader of Sepoy Mutiny, was captured in April, courtmarshalled and hanged at Sivpuri for 1857 Indian Mutiny.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/29/1932Sundaram Gundibalirama, right-hand batsman and right-arm medium fast bowler, was born at Udipi in Karnataka.
8/8/1984P.T. Usha at Los Angeles sets record for 400m H. (Women) in 55.42.
8/17/1998The Government issues a notification banning the use of quinacrine, a controversial female contraceptive and sterilization agent.
10/18/19921,000 police personnel occupy the Golden Temple in Amritsar to keep Punjab separatists away.
2/3/1954More than 500 pilgrims died in an accident on the river bank at the ""Kumbha Mela"" in Allahabad.
3/3/1707Shehejade Muajjam declared himself as the successor of Aurangzeb and renamed himself Bahadurshah First.
7/14/1856Gopal Ganesh Agarkar, great social worker, was born.
4/21/1990The first indigenously built missile cruiser boat, 'Vibhuti', was inaugurated and launched.
7/8/1930The King opens India House in the Aldwych, appealing for peace in India at London.
5/27/1957Copyright Act was passed.