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Historical Event on 1/18/1842
Mahadev Govind Ranade was born. He was the chief architect of Bombay Prathana Samaj.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/18/1842 | Rumi, famous Muslim Sufi poet, was born. |
| 1/20/1952 | Vasant Patankar, famous Marathi writer, was born. |
| 11/25/1890 | Radheshyam, famous stage, film actor and director, was born. |
| 8/11/1984 | A cloud of toxic chemicals escaped from a Union Carbide plant near Charleston, West Virginia, this morning, and at least 135 residents were treated for eye, throat, and lung irritation. Last December, methyl isocyanate gas escaped from a Union Carbide plant in India, killing 2,000 people. No MIC escaped today, plant officials said. Aldicarb oxime, a much less toxic gas, is declared as one constituent of the gas cloud. |
| 11/13/1999 | Punjab Police men, Railways women emerged Federation Cup basketball champions in Jalandhar. |
| 2/18/1925 | Krishna Sobati, famous Hindi authoress, was born. |
| 3/22/1893 | Surya Sen, alias Masterda, revolutionary freedom fighter, was born. |
| 6/17/1756 | Nawab Sira-ud-Daulah attacked on Calcutta with 50,000 soldiers and captured it on June 21. |
| 4/16/2000 | India wins the second leg of the pre-olympic hockey tournament at Perth. |
| 6/12/1976 | Mahamahopadhyaya Pandit Gopinath Kaviraj, editor and master, died at Varanasi. |
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