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Historical Event on 7/18/1634

Joannes Camphuys, Governor General of Dutch-Indies (1684-91), was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/18/1803Second 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.
9/27/1972Shri Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan, prolific author and first librarian of the University of Madras, passed away at the age of 80 at Bangalore.
4/1/1889Dr. Keshavrao Baliram Hedgewar, politician and founder of Rashtriya Swayansewak Sangh (RSS), was born.
1/1/1900Sathya Sai Baba was born
11/15/1949Nathuram Vinayak Godse and Narayan Dattatreya Apte were hanged in Ambala Jail for Gandhi's murder.
3/21/1997Foreign currency reserves of RBI stand at $16 billions, which was a record of sorts.
7/5/1992Centre scraps octroi in Union Territories.
7/19/1965Batukeshwar Dutt, great revolutionary, passed away.
7/4/1986Sunil Gavaskar celebrated his 115th Test in cricket at Edgbaston.
6/5/1992Hindi weelky of Indian Express Group 'Screen' published.