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Historical Event on 8/18/1900

Vijayalakshmi Pandit, first woman President of U.N.O. General Assembly, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/26/1914Bengali revolutionaries looted 46,000 bullet ammunition and pistols from Calcutta Port for their revolutionary activities.
11/30/1759Alamgir was murdered by his minister Imad-ul-Mulk.
10/2/1996Mother Teresa made honorary US citizen.
1/31/1961Dr. Sri Krishna Sinha, first Chief Minister of Bihar, passed away.
12/4/1990Maharashtra Gomantak Party withdraws support to Goa ministry led by Dr. Luis Proto Barbosa.
6/13/1996Govt. extends for another 2 years the ban imposed on LTTE w.e.f. 14/6/1996 under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.
8/1/1947Partition of India into India and Pakistan. Power transferred. Lord Mountbatten becomes Governor General of India and Muhammed Ali Jinnah, Governor General of Pakistan.
2/25/1993Kranti Renadev, a naxalite under trial in Andhra, freed.
12/17/1987Bhopal court orders the Union Carbide to pay Rs. 350 crore as interim relief to 1984 gas victims.
10/1/1992Broadcasting of Zee TV started.