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Historical Event on 1/6/1818

Dominion of Holkar in India are annexed with Rajput states and come under the British protection.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/1/1999H. K. Dua, senior Journalist and former editor of The Indian Express and The Hindustan Times, is appointed the Press Adviser to the Prime Minister.
2/26/1937Manmohan Desai, film producer and director, was born.
2/23/1997Successful test firing of the 250-km version of the Prithvi missile.
1/1/1944Sir Edwin Lutyens, the Builder of Rashtrapati Bhavan and England's most outstanding architect of his time, died.
5/7/1985Adoor Gopalakrishnan adjudged Best Director (Mukhamukham) in national film awards.
6/5/1974Smallpox epidemic in the country.
6/22/1898The last total Solar Eclipse of 19th century was seen in India.
5/19/1954The Govt. of India constituted a National Film Board.
5/23/1923Nirode Ranjan Chowdhury, Indian cricket pace bowler (1949-52), was born in Calcutta.
5/30/1826The first Hindi newspaper 'Udant Martand' was published from Calcutta under the Editorship of Pandit Shridhar Shukla.