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Historical Event on 4/18/1898
Damodar Hari Chapekar, India's first revolutionary, was hanged in the Yervada Central Jail. He was punished for killing the Rand and Ayrest British Officials.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/1/1992 | ESI ceiling of Rs. 3000 comes into effect. |
| 12/4/1991 | Lok Sabha approves a vital bill seeking to bring sick public sector units within the purview of the BIFR. |
| 2/12/1993 | The baggage rules relaxed further. |
| 2/18/1871 | Vithhalbhai Javherbhai Patel, great nation lover and veteran parliament member, was born. |
| 3/24/1998 | 200 people are killed in a tornado on both sides of the West Bengal-Orissa border. The toll includes 80 from West Bengal's Midnapore district. |
| 8/11/1997 | 135 persons killed in flash floods in Shimla & Kiannaur districts of Himachal Pradesh. |
| 1/27/1996 | 'Prithvi', surface-to-surface missile, test-fired successfully. |
| 7/16/1959 | Suhridkumar Roy, famous geologist, died. |
| 7/23/1933 | Jatindra Mohan Sengupta, great leader, lawyer, social worker, freedom fighter, nationalist and president of Bengal Swaraj Party, died at Ranchi. He was addresed by the people of Bengal as 'Deshapriya' (Beloved of the Country). |
| 11/21/1985 | Ramnath Kenny, cricketer (5 Tests for India 1958-60), passed away. |
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