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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
9/24/1992India's Leander Paes defeats Britain's Jeremy Bates in the Davis Cup tie in New Delhi.
3/9/1996Chaudhary Randhir Singh appointed Governor of Sikkim.
1/21/1943Hemu Kalani, revolutionary freedom fighter and social reformer, was hanged by British police.
1/16/1995India and USA form new trade framework called Indo-US Commercial Alliance and signs contracts worth $ 1.4 b.
11/11/1998India objects to Washington's discrimination in easing sanctions against New Delhi and Islamabad, clamped in the wake of the nuclear tests by the two countries.
6/28/1986Union Government sanctions maternity leave for unmarried women employees too.
10/24/1966Yugoslavia, UAR call on the US at New Delhi to stop bombing of North Vietnam.
4/26/1908Judge Sarv Mittra Sikri, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born.
1/10/199627th International Film Festival of India begins in New Delhi.
4/29/1979Raja Mahendra Pratap, great revolutionary freedom fighter, passed away in New Delhi at the age of 93.