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Historical Event on 8/18/1700
Bajirao I, the second peshwa, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/3/1836 | Munshi Newal Kishore, son of Jamuna Prasad Bhargava--a zamindar of Aligarh-- and a great erudite scholar, educationist, nationalist, social worker and a pioneer industrialist, was born. He was the founder of Navalkishore Press, Lucknow (1858), which published 2612 books that elaborated Hindi literature. He was the Publisher of Awadhi Newspaper in Asia. |
| 8/22/1984 | R. Venkataraman was elected the Vice President of India (1984 -1987). |
| 8/9/1970 | Trailokyanath Chakravarty died in Delhi. |
| 7/25/1958 | Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, inaugurated. |
| 6/15/1982 | Supreme Court rules that all children, regardless of citizenship, are entitled to public education. |
| 9/6/1947 | Indian government creates a new ministry of relief and rehabilitation of refugees. |
| 9/25/1946 | Bishan Singh Giansingh Bedi, cricketer (mighty Indian slow left-armer 1966-79), was born in Amritsar. He received the Arjun Award (1969) and the Padmashree (1970). |
| 7/27/1992 | Amjad Khan, famous film actor, died. |
| 5/7/1861 | Guru Dev Rabindranath Thakur alias Tagore, novelist, painter, educationist and freedom fighter, was born in Calcutta. |
| 10/24/1933 | Govindjee, famous scientist, was born in Allahabad, U.P. He found cutting plant sections easier than dissection of animals. |
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