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Historical Event on 2/18/1905

Shyamji Krishna Varma established India House in London to help Indians visiting England. He also established the Indian Home Rule society, which helped him to raise his voice against British Domination in India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/9/1923K. Alagirisami, famous journalist, playwright and story writer, was born.
4/1/1889Dr. Keshavrao Baliram Hedgewar, politician and founder of Rashtriya Swayansewak Sangh (RSS), was born.
6/1/1992Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Academy established at Satara.
8/6/1925Surendra Nath Banerjee died. He was one of the founders of mordern India and proponent of autonomy within the British Commonwealth. He was President of Indian National Congress twice, in 1895 at Pune and in 1902 at Ahmedabad.
1/26/1982Meera Behn (Medlin Slade) freedom fighter, and Gandhin by thought awarded 'Padma Vibhushan'.
12/10/1996Supreme Court bans employment of child labour in hazardous industries.
12/10/1996Guru Ramdasji died. His son Arjun Dev succeeded him and changed the offerings to the Guru into a regular tax.
5/30/1950Devdutta Ramkrishna Bhandarkar, great historian and archaeologist, passed away.
7/1/1952Olympic Games open at Helsinki.
2/27/1996Manmohan Singh presents the vote-on-account as part of the interim budget in Lok Sabha for 1996-97 with a Rs. 5000 crore deficit.