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Historical Event on 9/18/1803
Second 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.
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| 7/8/1997 | 33 persons killed and 67 injured as blast rips through part of Ambala-bound train at Lehra Khana station in Bhatinda district, Punjab. |
| 6/4/1902 | Richard Allen, India, field hockey goal tender (Olympic-gold-1928), was born. |
| 1/23/1997 | 50,000 miners in Orissa lose jobs as 57 mines are closed down. |
| 2/10/1803 | Jagannath Sunkerseth, great social worker, education lover and one of the sculptors of modern Mumbai, was born. |
| 1/20/1995 | Supreme Court orders closure of 84 industries in and around Taj Mahal in UP due to pollution. |
| 8/2/1959 | Little Theatre was established. |
| 5/29/1915 | Sita Ram Surajmal Jajoo, social reformer and politician, was born at Neemuch Cantt, M.P. |
| 2/27/1987 | UN Secretary General Javier Perez de Cuellar recieved the Jawaharlal Nehru award for International Understanding. |
| 1/18/1971 | Barrister Nath Pai, freedom fighter and member of parliament, passed away at the age of 49. |
| 5/21/1990 | PM V. P. Singh clears the Rs. 13,000 crore Sardar Sarovar Project over the river Narmada. |
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