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Historical Event on 10/18/1996
Vigyan Bhawan in Delhi to be the venue for the trial of former PM Rao.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/18/1966 | Panchanan Maheshwari, great Indian scientist of botany, passed away. He studied the morphology, anatomy and embryology of some angiosperms, the class of plants which produce flowers. He discovered species of plants like ""Panchanania Jaipuriensis and Isoeted Panchananil."" He wrote two authoritative books, 'An Introduction to the Embryology of Angiosperms' & 'Recent Advances in Embryology on Angiosperms'. In 1951, he founded the International Society of plant Morphologists. |
| 2/26/1972 | President Varahgiri Venkat Giri inaugurated the Vikram Earth Satellite Station at Wardha near Arvi. |
| 2/26/1972 | A battle was fought at Turkra or Turkra Qasba (in the Balasore district) in which the Afghans were routed. |
| 12/24/1809 | Christopher ""Kit"" Carson, KY, union brig-general and Indian fighter, was born. |
| 3/1/1908 | Tata Iron & Steel Company was the first steel company to be established in India. |
| 6/18/1896 | Cota Ramaswami, cricketer (Davis Cup for India 1922, Test 1936), was born in Madras. |
| 6/18/1896 | Sher Shah Sur died. He was fatally wounded in an explosion on Kalanjara fort while preparing for an attack. He introduced the new silver rupee-coin ""Rupiya"" based on ratio of 40 copper coin pieces (paisa) per rupee and built several roads including the longest road of India known as Grand Trunk Road (now Natioinal Highway-2). |
| 3/31/1994 | Argentina President Carlos Menem visits India. |
| 2/5/1936 | Baba Maharaj Satarkar (Nilkanth Gyaneshwar Gore - Satarkar) was born. |
| 7/15/1788 | Ghulam Kadir, the infamous son of Jabita Khan, conquered Delhi. |
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