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Historical Event on 8/18/1800

Fort William College was established at Calcutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/11/1958Wilson Jones became India's first individual World Champion when he won the Amateur Billiards Championship.
4/6/1978Karnataka beat Uttar Pradesh by an innings and 193 runs to win Ranji Trophy.
7/1/1928Fifteen people were killed in Calcutta as Hindus attacked Muslims.
4/4/1938A. M. Chakrabarty was born in Sainthia at West Bengal. He found that under the optimum conditions of time, temperature and nutrients the Hydrocarbon-eating "qualities'' of four diffrent strains of bacteria could be transferred into one. He also showed that this super-strain of bacteria reproduces itself.
1/11/1990R. Shekhar became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 14/12/90).
7/12/1999India sets a deadline for intruders withdrawal from Kargil, announces suspension of air strikes.
3/25/1994Buta Singh exonerated by the Akal Takht after 9 years.
11/19/1910Gohar alias Gohar A. Kayoum Mamajiwala was born at Lahore. She was a film actress. Her first film was 'Fortune & Fools' (1925). Other films were 'Lanka Ni Laadi', 'Handsome', 'Briefless Barrister', 'Thief of Delhi', 'Punjab Mail', 'My Darling' and 'The Web'.
6/22/1948Emperor of India title was deleted from His Majesty the King of United Kingdom's titles.
10/10/1964Ravi Shankar performs at Town Hall in New York.
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