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Historical Event on 10/18/1712
Jeremias Van Riemsdijk, Governor General of Dutch Indies (1775-77), was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/2/1905 | Shantiswaroop Dhavan, former Governor of West Bengal, was born. |
| 1/7/1990 | President returns the Indian Post Office (Amendment) Bills of 1986 to Parliament at the instance of the Government. |
| 10/24/2000 | Hyrunnisa, suspected to be the key accused in the Kollam liquor tragedy, nabbed along with her husband and a worker in her shop in Guruvayur. |
| 5/13/1962 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1884-1963) |
| 7/10/1927 | Ganga Ram, great social reformer and founder of Ganga Ram Hospital in New Delhi, died in England while functioning as an active member of the Royal Commission on Agriculture. He was against dowry and child marriages and advocated widow re-marriage and also established institutions for vocational education and education for adults. |
| 10/26/1999 | The Government rejected the demand that Rajiv Gandhi's name be deleted from the chargesheet in the Bofors case. |
| 11/2/1994 | Three British hostages freed in Saharanpur, UP, after a fierce encounter. |
| 2/18/1906 | Madhav Sadashiv Golwalkar, chief of 'Rashtriya Swayansewak Sangh' (RSS), was born. |
| 10/19/1774 | Members of the Council and the Judge of Supreme Court of England came to improve the management in India. |
| 12/14/1969 | Bishen Bedi takes 7-98 (career-best) v Australia at Calcutta. |
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