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Historical Event on 4/18/1858

Bharatratna Dhondo Keshav Karve, great educationalist and social reformer, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/19/1994Lt. Gen. Shankar Roy Choudhury appointed Army Chief following the death of Gen. B.C. Joshi.
5/1/1995SAARC endorses South Asia Free Trade Area (SAFTA) and establishes a South Asian Development Fund (SADF) for the economic and technical development of the subcontinent.
4/26/1895Guru Baksha Singh, modern Punjabi litterateur was born.
5/25/1995Voting on the Criminal Law Bill differed again in Rajya Sabha.
4/20/1993Jharkhand Movement suspends its 36-days old economic blockade.
5/10/1992Dr. D.S.Tyagi, Chairman of the Agricultural Costs and Prices Commission, was shot dead by suspected Sikh terrorists in Delhi.
6/23/1911King George V was today crowned ""King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the seas, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India,"" at Westminster Abbey in a ceremony evoking the continuity and tradition of the British monarchy magnificent spectacle. Thousands of spectators crowded the streets for hours, hoping to catch a glimpse of the royal procession. Partition of Bengal notified to create the Presidency of Bengal. The Imperial capital shifted from Calcutta to Delhi.
12/11/1926Kamala Kant Pandey was born at Varanasi. He was the first Indian agriculture graduate to win the London Exhibition Scholarship. He was elected fellow of the Linnean Society of London in 1966. In 1975, he made the discovery of a ""revolutionary technique in plant breeding
7/31/1996Joginder Singh became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 30/06/97).
1/23/1972Bootlegger sells wood alcohol to wedding party; 100 die in New Delhi.