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Historical Event on 6/18/1879

Venketeshwar Bachhali, famous physics scientist, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/1/1989Yasser Arafat chosen for the 1988 Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding.
1/2/1990Election panel made one member body again; Election Commissioners S. S. Dhanoa and V. S. Seigell removed.
8/30/1751Sir Robert Clive exhibited a heroic feat when the British troops captured Arcot form Chanda Saheb.
8/15/1867Bhartendu Harishchandra publishes a Hindi monthly 'Kavi Vachan Sudha'.
12/25/1919Naushad, famous film music director, was born.
3/30/1699Guru Govind Singh the 10th Guru of Sikh's established 'Khalsa Panth'.
1/7/1993The union govt. acquires 67.703 acres of land in and around the disputed area at Ayodhya and refers the issue to the Supreme Court.
8/22/1994Two dozen Mahar soldiers were ambushed when the Indian contingent was trying to stem the war in Somalia. Seven, including a JCO, lost their lives.
10/10/2000The world's first elected woman Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike died of heart attack in Colombo.
4/30/1908Khudiram Bose along with Prafulla Chaki had planned to throw a bomb at a carriage supposed to be carrying the tyrannical magistrate Kingsford. Unfortunately he was betrayed and was caught and finally was sentenced to death.