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Historical Event on 5/18/1999
R. B. Sapre, India's first national chess champion, died in Mumbai.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/27/1906 | Maharashtra Sahitya Patrika Day. |
| 2/25/1993 | 113 MPs arrested and Murali Manohar Joshi injured in police action. |
| 1/18/1994 | A 12-point formula mooted to defuse the ministerial crisis. |
| 12/10/1878 | Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, great social reformer, ardent patriot, incisive thinker and eminent literateur was born at Hosur in Tamil Nadu. He was the first Indian Governor General of independent India and popularly known as 'Rajaji'. |
| 12/4/1920 | Michael Bates, actor (Clockwork Orange, Patton), was born in Jhansi, India. |
| 10/15/1899 | Menka (Lady Lila Sokhi), famous Indian dancer, was born. |
| 11/3/1992 | Premnath, hero and villan of Hindi film industry, passed away. |
| 4/23/2000 | Mumbai regains Ranji Trophy. |
| 5/13/1995 | Renowned environmentalist Maurice F. Strong chosen for the Jawaharlal Nehru International Understanding awarded for 1992. |
| 5/1/1948 | Baroda State merged into Bombay Province. |
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