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Historical Event on 2/18/1665

The Portuguese handover Mumbai island to England.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/16/1999Michael Johnson's 400m world record (43.18s) set up in the Seville World championship was ratified by IAAF. Other records also ratified were Kenyan Noah Ngeny's 1000m mark (2 11.96, Reiti, Italy) and Moroccan Hicham el Guerrouj's 2000m (4 44.79, Berlin).
4/13/1993Lalitadevi Shastri passed away.
12/27/1975A coal-mine was exploded at Chasnala mine near Dhanbad. It was India's worst coal mine disaster.
8/5/1999Nisha Millet became the first Indian swimmer to receive the International Olympic Committee's Solidarity Scholarship, given to sportspersons with outstanding track record and possessing Olympic potential.
1/23/2000India will be taught a lesson if it tries to cross the LoC, says the Pakistani military ruler, Gen. Pervez Musharraf.
9/3/2000National Cricket Academy (NCA) wins the MRF Buchi Babu Cricket tournament in Chennai.
4/5/1990Lok Sabha passes the Punjab Bill.
4/19/1976Indira Gandhi proposes a resumption of ties with Pakistan in New Delhi.
3/29/1914Sudhir Gupta, famous Hindi poet and educationist, was born in Kalasgram, Bangladesh.
5/25/1999The Prime Minister declares the Centre will take all possible steps to push back infiltrators in Kargil.