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Historical Event on 9/18/1803
Second Anglo-Maratha war under Sir Arthur Wellesley resulted in a crushing defeat of the Marathas at Assaye. The British Christians captured Delhi and acquired control of large parts of India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/20/1905 | First Partition of Bengal, which was proposed by Lord Curzon, was accepted by British Government's Minister of India. |
| 3/23/1923 | Shekh Mubarak Ali Ayaj, Sindhi litterateur, was born. |
| 10/2/1845 | First Shipping Company of India started. |
| 3/21/1957 | India's national calender came into force. |
| 5/27/1994 | Tarktirth Laxmanshastri Joshi, internationally famous omnicient, passed away. |
| 10/21/2000 | Seema Antil becomes the first Indian ever to win a global title by bagging a gold medal in disc throw in the World Junior Athletic championship in Santiago. |
| 6/9/1992 | Rajesh Khanna (Congress-I) defeats Shatrughan Sinha to wrest the New Delhi Lok Sabha seat from the BJP. |
| 5/26/1983 | R. V. Marathe, father of Postal Index, passed away. |
| 12/16/1999 | Bill on Cyber law is introduced in the Lok Sabha. |
| 8/11/2000 | Usha Mehta, great Gandhian, passed away. |
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