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Historical Event on 5/18/1999

R. B. Sapre, India's first national chess champion, died in Mumbai.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/1/1936Orissa state was formed as a province of British India separating from Bihar.
1/16/1990Dr. R.R. Diwakar, Gandhian and former Union Minister, passed away.
11/24/1932The Third Round Table Conference ended in London. As Gandhi was in prison because of his civil disobedience movement he could not attend it. This conference ended without achieving anything.
4/14/1907P. C. Joshi, famous Leftist leader and thinker, was born.
11/28/1999Senior Awami League leader Mohammed Anwar Sheikh is killed and his wife and daughter-in-law are seriously injured in a militant attack on his house in Kashmir.
4/18/1992Russia suspends transfer of rocket technology to India.
10/5/1864Cyclone destroyed most of Calcutta city in which approximately 50,000 people died.
1/20/1952Vasant Patankar, famous Marathi writer, was born.
9/16/1913Kasturba Gandhi was arrested.
2/2/2000The Government decides to appoint former Chief Justice of India M.N. Venkatachaliah as the Chairman of the National Commission to review the Constitution.