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Historical Event on 5/18/1775

Warren Hastings expressed doubt of hanging Nandkumar.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/9/1969India accepted 'Royal Bengal Tiger' as its National Animal, as recommended by the Indian Wild life Board. This Tiger is also known as the majestic tiger - panthere tigris (Linnaeus).
5/29/1953Mount Everest conquered by Edmund Hillary and Tensing Norgay.
12/16/1951Salarjung Museum opened in Hyderabad.
8/1/1920Bipin Chandra Pal opposed to the Non Co-operation Movement and retired from politics, but movement was approved by Congress.
9/9/1997G. K. Moopanar, Tamil Maanila Congress president, and his party colleagues Jayanthi Natarajan, Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation, and Peter Alphonse, resign from Rajya Sabha membership following a petition filed by Shiv Sena member Sanjay Nirupam seeking their disqualification 'for defecting from Congress(I)'.
3/26/1938Laxminath Bezbarua, great littearateur of modern Assamia language, passed away.
8/28/1976Second World Hindi Conference held in Mauritius.
1/1/1992Petrol and diesel price hiked in 11 states to make it uniform all over the country.
7/21/1975Hindi Post Guards was established by Government.
1/5/1934Dr. Murli Manohar Manmohan Joshi was born in Delhi.