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Historical Event on 5/18/1772

Janoji Bhosle, warrior in Peshwa kingdom, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/19/1982Elections for Assemblies held in West Bengal, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Kerala.
9/20/1940Saroj Lalwani, journalist and printing press director, was born.
1/14/1896Chintaman Dwarkanath Deshmukh, former Finance Minister of India, was born.
10/23/1934Gandhi resigns as leader of the All India Congress.
3/1/1993Narayan Ganesh Goray passed away (1-5-98).
10/16/1906Shankar Damodar Chitale, famous author and teacher, was born in Secundarabad.
7/25/1995India reaps a record harvest of food grain of 189.77 million tonnes ('94, 95).
4/25/1998India protests against Pakistan raising the Kashmir issue at the first SAARC Information Ministers conference in Dhaka.
2/28/1918Srinivas Ramanujan, famous Indian scientist, was elected Fellow of the Royal Society.
7/19/1969Indian Government nationalised 14 major commercial banks of India by Presidental ordinance.