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Historical Event on 8/18/1945

Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose left Saigon and is believed to have died in a Japanese aeroplane crash at Taihoku Airport in Taiwan.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/20/1915Gandhiji founded Satyagraha Ashram (later known as Sabarmati Ashram after the name of the river) at Ahmedabad.
1/22/1986Indira Gandhi Rajbhasha Awards instituted.
1/6/1947All India Congress Commitee accepted the division of country.
7/1/1909Madanlal Dhingra, revolutionary, assassinated Sir William Curzon Wyllie, a prominent Anglo-Indian, at the Imperial Institute in London.
3/22/1893Surya Sen, alias Masterda, revolutionary freedom fighter, was born.
5/30/1867Maulana Mohammad Kasim Nanantavi established the famous Islamic educational centre 'Dar- Ul -Ulum' in Devkampa, Uttar Pradesh.
4/7/1986Charles Sobhraj and his associate David Hall were nabbed at Mapusa in Goa.
6/4/1953University of Cambridge confers honorary Doctorate of Laws on J. L. Nehru.
8/4/2000Justice Brij Mohan Lal was sworn in chairman of the Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission.
11/20/1955Polly Umrigar scores India's first Test double century, 223 vs NZ.