18-September-1615
Thomas Roe presented himself at Jahangir's court in Ajmer. He left India on February 17, 1618.
18-September-1803
Second Anglo-Maratha war under Sir Arthur Wellesley resulted in a crushing defeat of the Marathas at Assaye. The British Christians captured Delhi and acquired control of large parts of India.
18-September-1803
Puri was captured by Britishers from the Marathas without any struggle.
18-September-1867
Ganganendranath Tagore, great painter, patriot and artist, was born in Calcutta.
18-September-1879
Welthy Housinger Fisher, an American adult educationist in India, was born.
18-September-1909
Kilachand Ramdas, famous merchant, was born.
18-September-1917
Sher Singh, educationist and politician, was born at Baghpur (Haryana).
18-September-1924
Mahatma Gandhi was to fast for 21 days in despair of the recent riots between Muslims and Hindus. It was an expression of his 'unbearable hopelessnes'. "Nothing I say or write," he said, "can bring the two communities together." Even as he spoke there were reports of further riots at Kohat, in which 20 Hindus and 11 Muslims were killed. Reservations, Gandhi speaking in Allahabad said, reserved the right to drink water with or without salt. "It is both a penance and a prayer. As it is penance I need not have taken the public into my confidence but I publish it as, let me hope, an effective prayer to Hindus and Muslims, not to commit suicide".
18-September-1925
Pranlal Harkisandas Vora, leader in Maharashtra, was born.
18-September-1927
Maharashtra Chamber of Commerce was established.
18-September-1932
A Hindu delegation is given permission to interview Gandhi, currently held in prison and undertaking a hunger strike. On arrival, they also find he has taken a vow of silence.
18-September-1941
Arjuncharan Srimukh Sethi was born in Odang village in Balasore (now known as Bhadrak) in Orissa.
18-September-1958
Dr. Bhagwan Das, great philosopher, freedom fighter, Hindi writer, politician and litterateur, passed away.
18-September-1965
Communist government threatens dire consequences on discovering Indian bases on the Chinese side of the China-Sikkim frontier in China.
18-September-1967
English was adopted the official language of Nagaland .
18-September-1972
Government of India announces increase of minimum bonus to workers from 4\% to 8.33\%.
18-September-1972
India becomes the top film producer of the world with 433 feature films made in 1971.
18-September-1990
Devkumar, famous Hindi film actor, died.
18-September-1992
Andhra government's order of setting up 12 private medical colleges quashed by a full bench of the High Court.
18-September-1992
M. Hidayatullah, former Vice President and Chief Justice, died. He was 87.
18-September-1993
Asit Sen, famous comedy actor and character artist, died.
18-September-1995
Kaka Hathrasi, famous comedy poet, died.
18-September-1996
Suresh Mehta ministry wins the confidence vote in Gujarat .
18-September-1997
President K.R. Narayanan inaugurates Mammen Mappillai Hall at Kottayam, Kerala.
18-September-2000
Prasar Bharati issues a notification making it compulsory for cable operators to telecast regional channels of Doordarshan on prime band, in addition to DD-1 and DD-2, in their respective states.
18-September-2000
President K. R. Narayanan presents the Dada Saheb Phalke award for the year 1999 to film maker Hrishikesh Mukherjee.
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