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Historical Event on 4/18/1898

Damodar Hari Chapekar, India's first revolutionary, was hanged in the Yervada Central Jail. He was punished for killing the Rand and Ayrest British Officials.

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1/7/1994The whole nation pays homage to Kanchi's beloved 'peripatetic tapasvin sage', Shri Shri Shankaracharya Chandrashekharendra, who died on this date during his 100th year.
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1/22/1963The National Library for the Blind, the first national institute of its kind, was set up at Dehradun.
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10/24/1995A total eclipse of the sun witnessed from India to Vietnam.