History of 18 October 

18-October-1712

Jeremias Van Riemsdijk, Governor General of Dutch Indies (1775-77), was born.


18-October-1861

Chintaman Vinayak Vaidya, historian and researcher, was born.


18-October-1879

Branch of 'Theosophical Panth' established in India.


18-October-1901

Mahatma Gandhi sails for India.


18-October-1906

Depressed Classes Mission Society' was established by Vitthal Ramji Shinde.


18-October-1919

W. A. Sangma, leader of Meghalaya, was born.


18-October-1925

Narayandatt Tiwar, former Central minister and Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, was born.


18-October-1927

Ramesh Vithaldas Divecha, cricketer (11 wickets for India in early 50's), was born in Bombay.


18-October-1928

Roshan Harshadlal "Deepak" Shodhan, cricketer (century on Test debut for India), was born in Ahmedabad.


18-October-1952

Vinoo Mankad takes 13 Pakistan wickets to win first Indo-Pak clash.


18-October-1968

Narendra Deepchand Hirwani, cricketer (Ind leggie 16 wickets vs WI on debut in 1988), was born in Gorakhpur.


18-October-1980

The first Himalayan Car Rally of 5,377.9 km was started from Brabourne Stadium, Bombay with 74 starters.


18-October-1983

Vijay Manjrekar, cricketer 55 Tests for India, 3208 runs @ 39.12, died.


18-October-1992

1,000 police personnel occupy the Golden Temple in Amritsar to keep Punjab separatists away.


18-October-1992

Zimbabwe's first Test match vs India at Harare.


18-October-1993

Mandakini Athvale, first child actor of Indian film industry, died.


18-October-1995

President's Rule imposed in UP and the State Assembly put in suspended animation.


18-October-1995

Punjab CM Harcharan Singh Brar inducts All India Youth Congress President Maninderjit Singh Bitta in to the cabinet.


18-October-1995

Baby Naaz (Anuradha Bhakkar), famous child actor, died.


18-October-1996

Vigyan Bhawan in Delhi to be the venue for the trial of former PM Rao.


18-October-1997

Prince Philip switches on the internet version of Malayala Manorama and The Week at Kochi.


18-October-2000

Supreme Court gives the nod for construction of the Sardar Sarovar Dam on the Narmada river.


18-October-2000

Ram Vilas Paswan, Union Communications Minister, announces relief for phone users. New links to cost Rs. 2,000 in urban areas and Rs. 500 in rural areas.





19-October-1689

Sambhaji's queen Yesubai and her child surrendered the Raigarh Fort to the Mughals.


19-October-1774

Members of the Council and the Judge of Supreme Court of England came to improve the management in India.


19-October-1875

The first section from Hathras Road to Mathura Cantonment was opened to traffic.


19-October-1888

Namakkal Kavignar, Gandhian poet and painter, was born at Mohanur in Salem.


19-October-1905

Prince and Princess of Wales leave on an official visit to India at London.


19-October-1907

Sulochana Modi, first lady Mayor of Mumbai Mahanagar Palika, was born.


19-October-1910

Subrahamanyam Chandrasekhar was born in Lahore. He was one of the world's leading astrophysicists. For his contributions to the study of stars, Chandrasekhar had received the highest award in Science, the Noble Prize in Physics in 1983.


19-October-1920

Prakashchandra Sethi, former central minister, was born.


19-October-1921

Pandurangshastri Athvle, founder of 'Swadhyay Pariwar', was born.


19-October-1925

B. Shankaranand, former central minister, was born.


19-October-1929

Balbir Singh, India field hockey player (Olympic gold 1948-56), was born.


19-October-1954

Nehru and Mao meet in Peking.


19-October-1967

Dr. C. V. Raman elucidated his new theory on wave motion in respect to vision and dim light.


19-October-1970

First Indian-made MIG-21 handed over to the Air Force. Privy purses and privileges of former Indian rulers abolished.


19-October-1974

T. S. Rajamanikkam Pillai, famous Tamil stage artist, died.


19-October-1979

T. R. Baalu was born in Thalikottai, Distt. Thiruvarur (Tamil Nadu).


19-October-1983

Prof. Subramanyam Chandrasekhar shares the 1983 Nobel Prize for Physics with fellow American Prof. William Fowler.


19-October-1983

Union Government takes over the management of 13 textile undertakings in Bombay; marathon strike in cotton textile industry ends.


19-October-1990

The Government of India under an ordinance puts forward a three-point formula for Ayodhya issue: (i) to acquire the land (ii) other land may be given for building temple except the disputed one (iii) the issue may referred to Supreme Court for speedy solution.


19-October-1997

BSP withdraws support to Kalyan Singh government in UP because of its 'anti-Dalit' policies.


19-October-1999

Sonia Gandhi will be the leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha, says the Congress(I).


19-October-2000

The Government creates an electronic database of all the principal Central Acts from 1834 to 1996 of all India application.


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