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Today In Indian History - Historical Events of India
Date | Event Name |
03/18/1896 |
Pandit Kunjilal Dubey, freedom fighter, educationalist and politician, was born at Amgaon, District Narsinghpur. |
03/18/1915 |
British Government approved Indian Security Act to have greater control on the Indian people. |
03/18/1916 |
Pratapsinh Mathuradas Vissanji, great industrialist, was born at Bombay. |
03/18/1919 |
Rowlatt Act, intended to perpetuate the extraordinary powers enjoyed by the Government under Lord Chelmsford during the war, provokes countrywide protests. This Rowlatt Act was forced instead of 1915 Indian Security Act which reduced freedom of Indian people. |
03/18/1922 |
Mohandas K. Gandhi ""Mahatma,"" the great spirit, sentenced by British authorities to six years in prison for sedition at Sabarmati. Gandhi was sentenced just eight days after he was arrested. The British acted hastily after government officials in London and India were criticized for not arresting him sooner. In London, the Secretary of State for India was forced to resign because of the controversy over Gandhi. In India, the arrests of Gandhi and other Indian nationalists had only increased sympathy for their cause. |
03/18/1924 |
Madhusudhan Ramachandra Rege, cricketer (15 runs in only Test India v WI 1948-49), was born in Panvel, Maharashtra. |
03/18/1938 |
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. |
03/18/1944 |
Subhash Chandra Bose formed Azad Hind Fauz and took control of Kohima-Imphal. |
03/18/1944 |
Azad Hind Fauj entered India (Japanese army) from the border of Burma and invaded north eastern India. |
03/18/1948 |
Socialist Party of India (SPI) disassociates itself from the Congress. |
03/18/1948 |
Eknath Dhondu Solkar, cricketer (India 1969-77, brilliant short-leg fielder), was born in Bombay. He is recipient of Arjun Award (1973). |
03/18/1953 |
Backward Classes Commission inaugurated. |
03/18/1972 |
First Indian Book Fair was organised by National Book Trust in New Delhi. |
03/18/1974 |
Buddhadev Basu, modern Bengali poet, story writer, playwright and critic, passed away. |
03/18/1990 |
Devi Lal, Deputy PM, withdraws his resignation. |
03/18/1991 |
West Bengal opts for assembly poll. |
03/18/1992 |
Shreyanprasad Jain, famous philanthropist and industrialist, passed away. |
03/18/1996 |
President confers gallantry awards on 65 personnel of the defence forces. |
03/18/1997 |
Indo-Bangladesh friendship treaty, signed 25 years ago, expires. |
03/18/1998 |
A.B. Vajpayee, the Prime Minister-designate, releases the 'national agenda for governance' in New Delhi. It is silent on the Ram temple issue, scrapping of Article 370 and a uniform civil code. |
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Other Historical Dates and Events |
02/06/1952 | George VI (1895-1952), King of the United Kingdom, died of lung cancer at the age of 56 (succeeded by daughter, Elizabeth II). In 1947, His title of Emperor of India was deleted. |
07/07/1799 | Ranjit Singh captured Lahore in Punjab from Sikh rulers. |
03/02/1982 | Indira Gandhi opened Mahatma Gandhi Road Bridge at Patna. |
01/22/1899 | Dilipkumar Roy, classical musician, was born. |
07/09/1969 | Sagi Lakshmi Venkatapathy Raju, cricketer (Indian slow left-armer), was born in Hyderabad. |
04/01/1869 | Income Tax was imposed. On the same day New Indian Divorce Act came into operation. |
08/20/1997 | Premananda, self-styled godman, sentenced by Pudukottai district and sessions court to life imprisonment for two terms and a fine of Rs. 66.4 lakhs for rape of 13 inmates of his ashram and murder of a male inmate. |
02/24/1961 | Government of Madras province was renamed as Tamil Nadu. |
06/28/1857 | Nana Sahib proclaimed himself as the Peshwa and called for the total extermination of the British power of India at Bithoor. |
01/17/1833 | William Rush, Indian sculptor (Spirit of the Schuylkill), passed away. |
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