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Historical Event on 7/18/1908

Fourteen thousand mill workers go on strike at Bombay.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/24/1966Dr. Homi Jahangir Bhabha, chairmain of Atomic Research Institute, passed away near Geneva when Air India Boeing 707 crashed in accident at Alps Hills, Mont Blanc in Switzerland killing all the 117 persons on board.
10/17/19037th Madras Infantry was re-established as 67th Punjabi Infantary.
8/10/1989Panchayatraj' and 'Nagarpalika' bills were passed in Parliament's Lok Sabha.
5/30/1995Notification issued for the constitution of Jharkhand Autonomous District Council.
2/5/1922Gandhiji, following Chauri Chaura (U.P.) tragedy in which 22 police constables and one sub-inspector were burnt to death by a mob, fasts for five days and abandons plan of satyagraha movement.
11/1/1974Vangipurappu Venkata Sai Laxman, cricketer (Indian Test batsman v S Africa 1996 ), was born in Hyderabad.
2/5/1919Sitaram Kesri, veteran Congress leader, was born.
2/5/1919Daud Shah assasinated Mujahid Shah to become the fourth Bahmani Sultan, but himself was murdered by a slave.
1/10/1996Centre sets up Rajiv Gandhi National Drinking Water Mission.
3/21/1791Tipu Sultan capitulated to Lord Cornwallis.