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Historical Event on 7/18/1857
The Calcutta, Mumbai and Madras Universities were established.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
11/5/1892 | John Burdon Sanderson Haldane, biologist, was born at Oxford. |
10/31/1876 | Cyclone hits Bengal centered near Bakarganj (now in Banlgadesh), about 200,000 die. |
7/5/1946 | Ram Vilas Jamun Paswan was born in Shaharbanni, Distt. Khagaria (Bihar). |
8/10/1948 | Atomic Energy Commission established. |
5/8/1992 | Eighth Plan outlay increased to Rs. 7,98,000 crores; Public Sector outlay goes up to 45\%. |
4/6/1966 | Mihir Sen, first Indian swimmer to achieve many remarkable feats, swam across the 'Palk Strait' measuring 22 kms between India & Sri Lanka (Cylone). |
4/14/1962 | Sir Mokshagundam Vivesvaraya, father of modern engineering, passed away at the age of 102. He was receipent of ""Bharat Ratna"" Award. |
11/20/1993 | RBI clears two more private banks: The Times Bank Ltd. and the Indus Ind Bank Ltd. |
4/18/1961 | Pamella Bordes, photographer and model, was born in New Dehli, India. |
6/2/1900 | Sri Ram Sharma Acharya, freedom fighter, social reformer and leader, passed away. |
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