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Historical Event on 4/18/1916

Iyyer G. Subramaniam, Congress leader, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/28/1740Baji Rao I aka Thorle BajiRao Peshwa passed away at Raverkhedi near the banks of the Narmada river near Khargon and his son Balaji Baji Rao was placed on his father's throne as the Peshwa.
12/12/1964HJT-16, the first Indian jet trainer, made its inaugural flight.
7/7/1799Ranjit Singh captured Lahore in Punjab from Sikh rulers.
11/29/1798Neplus Naresh Fardinad Chaturth announced that they will fight against France.
1/2/1943Vir Bhai Kotwal sacrificed his life.
6/22/1959Iyengar Kasturi Srinivas, great politician and journalist, passed away.
10/31/1843Tarkanath Gangopadhyay, first realistic social novelist of Bengal, was born.
1/18/1977Morarji Desai and other opposition leaders were released from jail and Lok Sabha was dissolved by the president during the emergency period.
8/5/1999Nisha Millet became the first Indian swimmer to receive the International Olympic Committee's Solidarity Scholarship, given to sportspersons with outstanding track record and possessing Olympic potential.
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