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Historical Event on 5/18/1775
Warren Hastings expressed doubt of hanging Nandkumar.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/5/2000 | Rachita Mistry breaks P.T. Usha's long-standing record in 100m (11.39s) clocking 11.26s in the National circuit meet in Bangalore. |
| 6/9/1964 | Lal Bahadur Shastri became the second Prime Minister of India when the country was shocked of Jawaharlal Nehru's death and Indo-China war. Shastri gave the quotation ""Jai Jawan Jai Kisan"" which motivated the war-affected Indians to boost their morale. He remained in this office till he died on January 11, 1966 at Taskent. In his cabinet, Indira Gandhi served as Minister of Information and Broadcasting. |
| 3/3/1930 | Untouchable people fought to enter the temple of 'Kala Rama' at Nasik. |
| 4/24/1995 | K. Karunakaran elected to Rajya Sabha. |
| 4/2/2000 | Guru Granth Sahib is a juristic person and can hold property, says the apex court in a judgment of ''far-reaching consequences and great significance''. |
| 11/19/1994 | Lt. Gen. Shankar Roy Choudhury appointed Army Chief following the death of Gen. B.C. Joshi. |
| 2/1/1992 | Mohan Choty, comedy film actor, passed away. |
| 11/20/1917 | J.C. Bose Research Institute was established in Calcutta. |
| 12/5/1950 | Sri Aurobindo Ghosh, great revolutionary, freedom fighter and teacher, passed away. |
| 6/9/1900 | Birsa Munda, freedom fighter and leader, died in Ranchi Jail. |
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