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Historical Event on 9/18/1803
Puri was captured by Britishers from the Marathas without any struggle.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/25/1927 | Balkrishna Buwa Echalkaranjikar, father of `Khyal Gayaki', passed away. |
| 5/6/1967 | Dr. Zakir Hussain elected President. |
| 9/25/1928 | Madhavrao Gadkari, great litterateur and editor, was born. |
| 10/31/1994 | 26 die as cyclone lashes Tamil Nadu. |
| 7/13/1998 | The Government is prevented from tabling the Women's Reservation Bill. |
| 3/18/1922 | Mohandas K. Gandhi ""Mahatma,"" the great spirit, sentenced by British authorities to six years in prison for sedition at Sabarmati. Gandhi was sentenced just eight days after he was arrested. The British acted hastily after government officials in London and India were criticized for not arresting him sooner. In London, the Secretary of State for India was forced to resign because of the controversy over Gandhi. In India, the arrests of Gandhi and other Indian nationalists had only increased sympathy for their cause. |
| 12/29/1949 | Syed Mujtaba Hussain Kirmani, cricketer (Indian keeper after Engineer), was born in Madras. |
| 10/17/1999 | Dingko Singh won the bantam weight gold while Services' Ramanand was adjudged the best boxer in the National Boxing championship which concluded in Shimla. |
| 9/17/1950 | Govt. grants diplomatic recognition to Israel. |
| 12/23/1954 | Judge Bijan Kumar Mukherjea became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 31/01/1956. |
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