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Historical Event on 8/18/1700

Bajirao I, the second peshwa, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/31/1997Autonomous Prasar Bharati with enough muscle to get Government off its back is promised by Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Jaipal Reddy, while announcing changes to Prasar Bharati Act in New Delhi.
6/11/1932Minu Modi, famous industrialist, was born.
6/20/1948Lord Mountbatten resigns as the Governor General of Indian Union.
5/25/1915Mahatma Gandhi established Sabarmati Ashram near Ahmedabad.
11/8/1992Mother Teresa, nobel prize winner, was presented 'Bharat Ki Mahan Suputri' award.
11/22/1773Robert Clive, English occupier (India), passed away at the age of 48.
12/23/1977Harvinder Singh, great Indian ODI pace-bowler (1997), was born.
12/21/1998The Viswabharati University in Calcutta presents the 'Deshikottama' award to Nobel laureate Prof. Amartya Sen.
3/16/1997The first batch of three Russian-made Sukhoi-30 combat aircraft reaches India.
6/6/1997New economic grouping BIST-EC (Bangladesh-India-Sri Lanka-Thailand Economic Cooperation forum) comes into being.