Chicago Indian Community - ChicagoIndian.com
| | | | | | | | | | | |
 


 

Historical Event on 4/18/1898

Damodar Hari Chapekar, India's first revolutionary, was hanged in the Yervada Central Jail. He was punished for killing the Rand and Ayrest British Officials.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/21/1990Doordarshan starts afternoon news bulletins at 2 p.m. (Hindi) and 3 p.m. (English) of 7.5 minutes duration on week days and 5 minutes on Sundays.
1/2/1960Raman Lamba, Cricketer was Born
1/31/1949Maharajas of Baroda and Kolhapur decide to merge their states with Bombay.
6/8/1999ATP announced Paes-Bhupathi as No. 1 ranked doubles team. In individual doubles ranking, Bhupathi and Paes were No. 1 and 2 respectively.
3/28/1941Netaji Subhashchandra Bose reached Berlin after his secret underground journey from Calcutta.
7/13/1964Utpal Chatterjee, cricketer (Bengal slow left-arm bowler), was born in Calcutta.
6/6/1994The 20-day old Limboo Ministry in Sikkim wins vote of confidence.
6/22/1994Law for the betterment of women introduced.
2/10/1961P. L. Deshpande played first solo drama 'Batatyachi Chawl'.
9/16/2000Aparna Popat loses to Kelly Morgan in the first round of the badminton event at the Sydney Olympics.