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Historical Event on 8/18/1800

Fort William College was established at Calcutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/3/1997Major fire reduces Calcutta Book Fair to ashes.
6/1/1945Tata Fundamental Research Institute was established.
4/6/1664Abraham Shipmen died without taking charge of Bombay Islands from Portuguese.
9/7/1887Mahamahopadhyaya Pandit Gopinath Kaviraj, editor and master, was born at Dhamrai in Dhaka now in Bangladesh.
6/18/1901Ramchandra Bhikaji Gunjikar, Marathi novelist and editor, passed away.
5/5/1930Gandhiji was arrested and imprisoned without trial. As a result there was ''hartal'' (strike)all over India. Over 100,000 people were jailed before the end of the year.
8/15/1997IWM Vijayalakshmi wins Asian Zonal Women's Chess tournament in Tehran.
6/28/1975As a response to anti-government demonstrations, India imposes the toughest press censorship since independence.
5/9/1917Fighting breaks out at Kharkwasta in the north-west frontier of India.
10/24/1997Kerala bans ragging in educational institutions by an ordinance.