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Historical Event on 5/18/1999
R. B. Sapre, India's first national chess champion, died in Mumbai.

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12/12/2000	A special court for CBI cases rejects Hinduja brothers' plea and summons them to appear on January 19, 2001.
5/18/1775	Warren Hastings expressed doubt of hanging Nandkumar.
4/4/1938	A. M. Chakrabarty was born in Sainthia at West Bengal. He found that under the optimum conditions of time, temperature and nutrients the Hydrocarbon-eating "qualities'' of four diffrent strains of bacteria could be transferred into one. He also showed that this super-strain of bacteria reproduces itself.
1/23/1978	The motto ""Shastra se Shakti"" (Strength though arms) in Hindi written in Devengiri script was approved by the President of India as the motto of the Army Ordnance Corps.The original corps motto of the Ordnance corps was ""Usa Tela Tananti"" found in the arms of the board of Ordnance. This was translated to mean ""To the thunder his arms"". The corps song titled ""Ayudh Corps Mahan"" was introduced for the first time in 4th re-union of the Army Ordnance Corps. The song is to be played or sung ""within unit lines only"", during purely Regimental functions.
11/15/1921	16 Gurkha troops killed by anti-British rebels.
1/23/1920	Air transportation began in India by two Royal Air Force planes between Karachi and Bombay, and Air Mail service started.
2/17/1976	New Zealand score their first innings win in Tests vs India.
11/17/1928	Lala Lajpat Rai died in Lahore after being seriously wounded in the barbarous lathi charge of 30th October. He is referred as the ""Lion of Punjab"" or ""Punjab Kesari"" and is remembered as freedom fighter, nationalist, educationist, lawyer, thinker, writer, social reformer, orator and a passionate fighter for the revival of the ancient Indian culture and
12/1/1931	The Second Round Table conference that began in London ended. Congress was solely represented by Gandhi and Muslim League by Sir Allama Iqbal and Quaid-e-Azam, etc. Two committees were setup to carry out the work of the conference on Federal Structure and Minorities. Gandhi was the member of both committees. He claimed that being the sole representative of the Congress, he represented the whole of India. Quaid-e-Azam replied that Muslims are a separate nation. Sir Shafi demanded that the 14 points of Quaid-e-Azam be incorporated in future constitution.
6/28/1857	Nana Sahib proclaimed himself as the Peshwa and called for the total extermination of the British power of India at Bithoor.

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Historical Event on 5/18/1999 R. B. Sapre, India's first national chess champion, died in Mumbai.

Historical Event on 5/18/1999
R. B. Sapre, India's first national chess champion, died in Mumbai.