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Historical Event on 8/18/1900

Vijayalakshmi Pandit, first woman President of U.N.O. General Assembly, was born.

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10/1/1894Sudhi Ranjan Das, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born in Calcutta.
7/7/1799Ranjit Singh captured Lahore in Punjab from Sikh rulers.
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5/17/1999Sonia Gandhi resigns as Congress president but the CWC(I) rejects it.
3/7/1961Govind Ballabh Pant passed away. He had served eight years as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. He was bestowed with Bharat Ratna in 1959.
3/22/1739Nadir Shah entered Delhi. He gave the signal to one of his soldiers from Sunheri mosque.
5/5/1929Curfew was imposed in a bid to quell Hindu-Muslim riots that had claimed 21 lives in Bombay.