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Historical Event on 5/18/1772
Janoji Bhosle, warrior in Peshwa kingdom, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/6/1922 | Chhatrapati Rajarshi Shahu, great revolutionary, freedom fighter and social reformer of Kolhapur, passed away at Bombay. He was 48. |
| 10/3/1913 | Sudangsu Abinash Banerjee, 'Montu', cricketer, (5 wickets, 1 test vs West Indies) was born in Calcutta. |
| 6/27/1995 | Environmentalist and 'Chipko' leader, Shri Sunderlal Bahuguna ends the 49-day old fast in demand for a scientific review of the controversial Tehri dam project in UP. |
| 4/26/1924 | Ramabai Ranade, social reformer, passed away. She played a major role in the upliftment of women in India and founded Sevasadan in Bombay, a hostel for the ladies. |
| 12/1/1999 | Indira Gandhi, former Prime Minister, is named ""`Woman of the Millennium'' in a BBC pol |
| 1/31/1948 | Cities swept by riots in wake of Gandhi murder. |
| 4/20/1992 | U. K. Kanitkar, famous scientist, and professor, passed away. |
| 11/14/1995 | Supreme Court gave patients the right to drag careless doctors to Court. |
| 2/27/1996 | Suresh Kalmadi, Minister of State for Railways, presents vote-on-account railway budget; 1995-96 Economic Survey shows 6.3\% growth in GDP; 20\% interim relief for newspaper employees announced by govt. |
| 3/4/1879 | Bethune' College of Calcutta was established as the pioneer of women s college education in India. |
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