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Historical Event on 4/18/1998
Dr. A. R. Kidwai is appointed Governor of West Bengal.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
2/11/1979 | Cellular Jail, which is situated at Andaman Nikobar Islands, was declared as a National Memorial. |
2/14/1989 | Supreme Court orders Union Carbide Coporation of USA and Union Carbide India Limited to pay $470 millions (about Rs. 710 crores) in full and final settlement of all claims out of the Bhopal gas Disaster Litigation tragedy of 1985. |
1/11/1975 | Oil struck in third Bombay High rig. |
9/24/1629 | Jacques Specx appointed Governor General of Dutch-Indies. |
12/20/1931 | Leela Nag (Leela Roy), freedom fighter and editor of Jayshri, was arrested in Bengal for her association with ""Depali Sangh"" who supported Chatgang Ammunition Plot against the Bengal Government. |
12/12/1925 | Dattatreya Gajanan Phadkar alias ""Dattu"" Phadkar, cricketer (pace bowler all-rounder for India), Kolhapur, Maharastra, was born. |
4/28/1936 | Abdul Rashid 'Fida' (Kishtwari), great poet, was born. |
9/24/1936 | It was reported that in the past two weeks over 2 million of India's depressed classes had renounced Hinduism in favor of Christianity. |
9/5/1659 | Queen Saibai, wife of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, died. |
1/26/1893 | Srijiva Nyayatirtha Bhattacharya, famous writer and educationist, was born Bhatpara, West Bengal. |
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