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Historical Event on 5/18/1945
Bhagwat Subramaniam Chandrasekhar, cricketer (brilliant Indian leggie 1964-79), was born in Banglore. He received Arjun Award and Padmashree awards in 1972.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/18/1945 | Sher Shah defeats Humayun near Buxar at Chausa and becomes emperor of Delhi. |
| 5/2/1922 | Kedarnath Modi, great Industrialist in Maharashtra, was born. |
| 2/3/1929 | The ""Times of India Illustrated Weekly"" was renamed as ""The Illustrated Weekly of India"". |
| 12/20/1998 | Dr. B. V. Raman (86), a reputed astrologer, dies in Bangalore following a cardiac arrest. He was the Editor of The Astrological Magazine. |
| 12/20/1998 | Guru Angad Dev, Sikh Guru, passed away. |
| 11/9/1990 | Vishwanath Pratap Singh resigned from the post of Prime Minister of India after losing the Vote of Confidence moved against him. |
| 2/7/1990 | Krishan Kant became the Governor of Andhra Pradesh till 21/08/1997. |
| 5/23/1998 | L. K. Advani, Home Minister, is to look after J&K affairs. |
| 12/17/1978 | Dhirendranath Ganguly, father of Bengali film industry, died. |
| 3/4/1919 | Jagtindar Nath Beri, physics expert, was born. |
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