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Historical Event on 1/18/1906
Nirupam Chandra Ganguli, criminal lawyer and sportsman, was born at Bhagalpur.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/26/1801 | Supreme Courts had Bengal and Madras by the charter. |
| 12/16/1999 | Michael Johnson's 400m world record (43.18s) set up in the Seville World championship was ratified by IAAF. Other records also ratified were Kenyan Noah Ngeny's 1000m mark (2 11.96, Reiti, Italy) and Moroccan Hicham el Guerrouj's 2000m (4 44.79, Berlin). |
| 1/14/1938 | Belur Math, new temple, was consecrated in Calcutta. |
| 5/6/1775 | Nanda Kumar, king of Calcutta, was arrested. |
| 6/2/1955 | A British party scales the third highest peak Mt. Kanchenjunga, highest unclimbed peak. |
| 8/23/1958 | Marathwada University was started. |
| 7/15/1948 | Establishment of 'PEPS' (Patiyala and East Punjab States Union). |
| 4/2/1679 | Aurangzeb reimposed Jizya Tax to finance the spread of Islam on the Hindus.This Jeziya tax was abolished by Akbar. |
| 6/2/1992 | The government accepts all the 15 recommendations of the Janakiraman Committee which unearthed massive collusion of banks in the security scam. |
| 2/18/1871 | Vithhalbhai Javherbhai Patel, great nation lover and veteran parliament member, was born. |
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