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Historical Event on 5/18/1775

Warren Hastings expressed doubt of hanging Nandkumar.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/31/1926Probir ""Khokhan"" Sen, cricket wicket-keeper (India in late 40's/early 50's), was born.
4/23/1795East India Company gave Warren Hastings a grant of the money and he was honourably acquitted of the charges.
10/13/1991Captain Satish Sharma nominated to contest from Amethi.
12/24/2000Viswanathan Anand becomes the first Asian to win a world chess title in the world chess championship in Taheran.
5/26/1739Afghanistan was separated from the Indian empire as a result of a treaty signed between Mughal Emperor Muhammad Shah and Nadir Shah.
10/20/1999Quiet start to the 13th Lok Sabha.
2/1/1930A bomb, believed to be planted by Indian nationalists, is found at the British Museum at London.
1/28/1900General K.M. Cariappa, first Indian Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army, was born at Sanivara, Santhai (Coorg).
4/1/1889Dr. Keshavrao Baliram Hedgewar, politician and founder of Rashtriya Swayansewak Sangh (RSS), was born.
7/3/1941Adoor Gopalakrishnan, cinematographer (Kathapurushan, Mathulikal), was born.