Today Importance - 18th August
18-Aug-1227
Mongol conqueror Genghis Khan dies.
18-Aug-1700
The second Peshwa Bajirao was born to me.
18-Aug-1800
Fort William College was established in Kolkata.
18-Aug-1872
Pandit Vishnu Digambara Paluskar Gadgil, who gave new heights to North Indian classical music, was born in Kundanwadi in Kolhapur district of Maharashtra.
18-Aug-1891
Poet, social reformer and orator Jain Muni Mishrimalji was born in Pali, Rajasthan.
18-Aug-1896
"Firak Gorakhpuri" was born with the help of revolutionary Urdu poet Raghupati. He was awarded the highest literary awards, including the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1960 and the Bharatiya Jnanpeeth Award in 1969. His notable works include "Ruh-e-Kainat (Spirit of the Universe, 1945)" and "Ramz-o-Qinayat (Advice)". , 1946)”.
18-Aug-1900
U.N.O. Vijayalakshmi's first woman president Pt. Mahasabha was born.
18-Aug-1907
Madam Vikaji Kama addressed the International Socialist Congress in Stuttgart, Germany.
18-Aug-1911
Former Delhi Governor Adityanath Jha was born.
18-Aug-1920
Educationist and writer Harbhajan Singh was born in Lumding.
18-Aug-1923
Jamshed Khudadad Irani, cricket wicket-attendant for India on the 1947-48 visit through Australia, was brought into the world in Karachi.
18-Aug-1923
Sadashiv "Sadu" Ganapatrao Shinde, cricketer (Indian leg-spinner of the late 1940s and early 1950s), was born in Bombay.
18-Aug-1945
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose left Saigon and is believed to have died in a Japanese plane crash at Taihoku Airport in Taiwan.
18-Aug-1951
Indian Institute of Technology opened in Kharagpur, West Bengal.
18-Aug-1956
India's great batsman Sandeep Madhusudan Patil was born in Bombay.
18-Aug-1957
Tilak Raj appointed Narcotics Commissioner of India. He served for four years till September 6, 1961.
18-Aug-1958
Eminent Congress leader and Theosophist Dr. Bhagwan Das passed away.
18-Aug-1969
Great politician Humayun Kabir passed away.
18-Aug-1979
Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Vasantrao Naik passed away.
18-Aug-1985
Dissolution of Assam Legislative Assembly (18).
18-Aug-1990
President R. Venkataraman hoisted the flag at the Officers Training Academy in recognition of their service to the nation.
18-Aug-1990
Late Hindi literary scholar Pandit Narayan Chaturvedi.
18-Aug-1991
12 LTTE militants committed suicide.
18-Aug-1993
The Transport Development Council has decided to abolish road tax (entry tax) and increase the National Permit fee from Rs. 1500 to Rs.5000.
18-Aug-1995
Parvati Giri, also known as Little Mother Teresa, died in Odisha. He was 69 years old. He was a social activist and participated during the Quit India movement.
18-Aug-1997
Shanvac-B, India's first genetically engineered vaccine for hepatitis B, has been launched.
18-Aug-2000
The Supreme Court dismissed former Navy Chief Vishnu Bhagwat's plea seeking dismissal from service and consequent removal from the post of admiral.
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