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Historical Event on 8/18/1800

Fort William College was established at Calcutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/3/1993Bill to regulate cable TV introduced in Rajya Sabha.
10/12/1976Indian Airlines Caravelle crashed after take off from Bombay.
3/10/193917 villages damaged by hailstones in Hyderabad, India.
6/30/1999The first ever direct bus service between India and Bangladesh gets delayed due to heavy rain.
8/20/1985Sant Harchand Singh Longowal, a ragi, reluctant politician and Sikh leader, died. He was shot by Sikh extremists at Sherpur.
2/18/1997Dhaniram Baruah, controversial heart surgeon who claimed to have transplanted a pig's heart into one of his patients, released on bail in Guwahati.
12/14/1990Vijay Karan became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 01/06/92).
3/22/1991President withholds assent to the pension bill of Members of Parliament.
9/19/2000Gopi Chand of India falls to Henderawan of Indonesia in the quarter-finals of the badminton event at the Sydney Olympics.
2/15/1945Indian troops capture Pagan at Burma.