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Historical Event on 4/18/1930

Surya Sen alias Masterda attacked on Armoury of Chittagong with 62 men of the Indian Republican Army.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/5/1997Janata Dal splits. Laloo Prasad Yadav forms Rashtriya Janata Dal and Sharad Yadav was elected as the Janta Dal president.
11/24/1919Gandhiji presides over All-India Khilafat conference at Delhi.
1/29/1997Olympic Hockey captain Pargat Singh announces retirement.
8/22/1877Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy, great painter, philosopher, linguist, critic, art researcher in the East, was born at Colombo in Sri Lanka.
10/2/1994Gandhi Peace Prize instituted on the lines of Nobel Peace Prize on the great leader's 125th birth anniversary.
4/2/1679Aurangzeb reimposed Jizya Tax to finance the spread of Islam on the Hindus.This Jeziya tax was abolished by Akbar.
11/30/1974India, Pakistan decide to end the ten-year trade ban.
11/12/1781Nagapatnam of South India was captured by the British troops.
12/27/1990DMK led Pondicherry ministry, headed by D. Ramachandran, resigns following loss of majority.
6/26/1982First Boeing 707 of Air India `Gaurishankar' was crashed at Sahar Airport (Bombay).