Virginia Indian Community - VirginiaIndian.net
| | | | | | | | | | | |
 


 

Historical Event on 3/18/1974

Buddhadev Basu, modern Bengali poet, story writer, playwright and critic, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/3/1865George V, King of England (1910-36), was born.
1/5/1659Aurangzeb defeated Shah Shuja in the battle of Khawan near Allahabad.
3/24/1946British Cabinet Mission came to India presided by Lord Pethick Lawrence.
10/1/1997Ordinance promulgated to ban single digit or instant lotteries.
3/29/1999A massive earthquake in the Garhwal region of Uttar Pradesh in the inner Himalayas claims 85 lives and more than 130 injured.
5/6/199712 persons killed and eight seriously injured in two blasts in east Delhi.
1/10/1975India accords recognition to the Palestine Liberation Organization.
10/22/1796Sawai Madhav Rao Peshwa II committed suicide by jumping from the terrace.
7/4/1789British East India Company signed a treaty with the Nizam of Hydrabad and Peshwa of Pune against Tipu Sultan, King of Mysore, on the understanding that a cavalry of 10,000 would attack Tipu's territory and the conquered area would be divided amongst the three.
10/3/1996National Conference swept back to power in J & K with a landslide victory.