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Historical Event on 4/18/1859

Tatya Tope (his original name was Ramchandra Raghunath Tope) a leader of Sepoy Mutiny, was captured in April, courtmarshalled and hanged at Sivpuri for 1857 Indian Mutiny.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/9/1659Dara Shikoh was handed over to Aurangzeb's army by Jiwan Khan, a Baluchi whose life was saved by Dara.
11/23/1946Kailasham Tyagraj Paramshiv, famous Kannada dramatist, passed away.
5/13/1994Renowned environmentalist Maurice F. Strong chosen for the Jawaharlal Nehru International Understanding award for 1992.
7/5/1996Janata Dal expels dissident Maneka Gandhi from primary membership of the party.
12/6/1756British troops under Robert Clive occupy Fulta India.
2/19/1974Bombay High Oil stock was found in the sea near Mumbai.
7/10/1972Herd of stampeding elephants kills 24 people in Chandka Forest, India.
5/17/2000The Union Cabinet clears a proposal for setting up a new appellate tribunal for foreign exchange following the repeal of the FERA and the enactment of FEMA in its place.
2/9/1917Homi Talyarkhan, great politician, was born.
5/15/2000Ghulam Hassan Bhat, Jammu and Kashmir Minister of State for Power, dies in a powerful IED explosion near Mandipore in Anantnag.