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Historical Event on 5/18/1775
Warren Hastings expressed doubt of hanging Nandkumar.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/16/1942 | Jawaharlal Nehru succeeds Gandhi as head of Indian National Congress. |
| 3/9/1990 | Darbara Singh, former Punjab Chief Minister, died. |
| 7/20/1654 | Portugal was taken over by Britishers. |
| 2/2/1921 | Mukundrao Kirloskar was born. |
| 12/3/1971 | Hostilities broke out between India and Pakistan. On the very night that hostilities commenced, with Pakistan bombing several air fields, IN Ships 'Rajput' and 'Akshay' were leaving Vishakapatnam harbour when they obtained a sonar contact. They fired several depth charges and proceeded on their mission when there was no further evidence of a submarine's presence. Thereafter, a loud explosion of rattling windows panes off the Vishakapatnam beach was heard . The Pakistani submarine 'Ghazi' (a Tench class submarine obtained from the USA in 1964) had come to grief. |
| 3/4/1996 | Union govt. decides to set up a national grid for the distribution of petroleum products. |
| 6/14/1905 | Smt. Hirabai Barodekar, famous veteran Maharashtrian classical singer, was born. |
| 4/1/1947 | Gandhiji addresses Asian Relations Conference in Delhi. |
| 5/4/1994 | Fourth developmental launch of ASLV. 113 kg Stretched Rohini Satellite Series (SROSS-C2) was launched by fourth developmental flight of ASLV-D4 from Sriharikota. This carried two scientific payload, a Gamma Ray Burst (GRB) experiment and a Retarding Potential Analyser (RPA). It is still in service. |
| 2/10/1990 | Saroj Mukherjee, WB's CPI(M) secretary, died. |
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