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Historical Event on 8/18/1700

Bajirao I, the second peshwa, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/10/1923Sukumar Roy, famous Bengali child litterateur, passed away.
8/20/1997Premananda, self-styled godman, sentenced by Pudukottai district and sessions court to life imprisonment for two terms and a fine of Rs. 66.4 lakhs for rape of 13 inmates of his ashram and murder of a male inmate.
5/7/1849Bethune College of Calcutta was established in the upper class families and it was started for female education.
9/21/1996Rao resigns Congress Party President post.
11/1/1991J.N. Dixit appointed the next Foreign Secretary.
10/6/1999INLD-BJP combine wins by big margin in Haryana.
12/20/1757Clauk became Governor of Bengal.
12/3/1971Hostilities broke out between India and Pakistan. On the very night that hostilities commenced, with Pakistan bombing several air fields, IN Ships 'Rajput' and 'Akshay' were leaving Vishakapatnam harbour when they obtained a sonar contact. They fired several depth charges and proceeded on their mission when there was no further evidence of a submarine's presence. Thereafter, a loud explosion of rattling windows panes off the Vishakapatnam beach was heard . The Pakistani submarine 'Ghazi' (a Tench class submarine obtained from the USA in 1964) had come to grief.
10/25/1971National Science and Technology Committee established.
7/1/1999K. N. Singh (70), former Union Minister and senior Congress leader, died in Lucknow.