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Historical Event on 9/18/1909

Kilachand Ramdas, famous merchant, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/19/1977World's largest crowd--12.7 million--gather for Indian religious festival 'Kumbh Mela'.
3/23/1757Lord Clive conquered Chandranagar after defeating the French troops.
1/15/1934Nearly 20,000 lives were claimed in a tremendous earthquake measured 8.4 on the Ricther Scale, in Bihar and parts of Nepal. Munger City was completely destroyed.
4/7/1998Soli Sorabjee is appointed Attorney-General of India.
2/15/2000K.R. Narayanan, President, presents Dada Saheb Phalke Award for 1998 to B.R. Chopra for his contribution to Indian cinema.
7/18/1992Kanandevi, famous Bengali actress, passed away.
4/29/1939Netaji resigned from the Congress and established his own party, the Forward Block and created a political deadlock in India.
4/29/1939Queen Elizabeth I granted its Royal Charter to the 218 Knights and merchants of the City of London who formed the East India Company. The venture failed to achieve its stated objectives -- it made little impression on the Dutch control of the spice trade and could not establish a lasting outpost in the East Indies.
3/22/1996Golden Temple renamed Harmandir Sahib (its original name meaning 'abode of God').
4/11/1999Paes-Bhupathi won the doubles in the in the ATP-Gold Flake Open in Chennai.