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Historical Event on 4/18/1859
Tatya Tope (his original name was Ramchandra Raghunath Tope) a leader of Sepoy Mutiny, was captured in April, courtmarshalled and hanged at Sivpuri for 1857 Indian Mutiny.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/1/1894 | Bhim Sen Sachar, freedom fighter, leader and Chief Minister of Punjab, was born. |
| 8/18/1911 | Adityanath Jha, former Governor of Delhi, was born. |
| 8/15/1995 | P.V Narasimha Rao introduces the mid-day meal scheme for the primary school children under the Central Government Welfare Programme. |
| 12/15/1859 | S. Kasturiranga Ayengar, owner of Hindu newspaper, was born. |
| 12/13/1991 | Justice M. H Kania of Maharashtra sworn in as the 23rd Chief Justice of India. |
| 2/15/1993 | India regains ""Rubber"" after 6 years by beating England by an innings and 70 runs at Madras. |
| 10/14/1999 | Sheikh Shamim, an Indian, is hanged for espionage in Pakistan. |
| 10/28/1977 | Shantiprasad Jain, industrialist, died. |
| 1/12/2000 | Dr. Gurudev S. Khush of the Manila-based International Rice Research Institute wins the Wolf prize for Agriculture for the year 2000. |
| 7/12/1970 | Major flood in Alaknanda river resulted in sweeping of buses and claimed 600 lives. |
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