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Historical Event on 8/18/1923

Sadashiv ""Sadu"" Ganpatrao Shinde, cricketer (Indian leg-spinner during the late 1940's and early 1950's), was born in Bombay.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/30/1997Mahatma Gandhi's ashes immersed in Sangam.
9/24/1936It was reported that in the past two weeks over 2 million of India's depressed classes had renounced Hinduism in favor of Christianity.
11/10/1698East India Company purchased Calcutta, which had not more than a village at that time.
10/2/1969Gandhi's birth centenary celebrated all over the country.
10/2/1998Santanu Deb Barma of Tripura was chosen for Kabir Puraskar for her role in preventing violence and riots in some areas of the state in 1997.
5/3/1764Mir Kasim, with the backing of Delhi Emperor, attacked on Patna but this weak Emperor was defeated by Britishers. Britishers became the rulers of Bengal, the richest province of India.
2/19/1993Salseng C. Marak sworn in as the Congress-I CM in Meghalaya.
1/27/1984First unit of Atomic Energy Production Centre started at Kalpakkam.
2/11/1997NHRC recommends to Central Government measures to prevent government servants from employing children below 14 as domestic servants.
5/28/1988The first Cultural Exchange Programme was signed between India and China.