18th Apr’20 – What Happened Today In History? | On This Day

Find out what happened on the 18th of April in History. There are a lot many happenings which had taken place on this date in the pages of Indian History, here we have listed some of the very important events occur 18th of April

 
Dhondo Keshav Karve (18 April 1858 – 9 November 1962), popularly known as Maharshi Karve, was a social reformer in India in the field of women’s welfare. In his honour, Queen’s Road in Mumbai (Bombay) was renamed to Maharshi Karve Road.
Kannur Lokesh Rahul (born 18 April 1992), commonly known as KL Rahul, is an Indian cricketer. A top-order batsman and occasional wicket-keeper, he plays for India internationally, Karnataka in domestic circuit and Kings XI Punjab in the Indian Premier League.
Debina Bonnerjee (born 18 April 1983) is an Indian TV actress who played Sita in the 2008 television series Ramayan. Her first television role was in the Tamil TV serial Mayavi (2005). Bonnerjee has also appeared as Mayuri Narayan (in Chidiya Ghar ), and in several reality shows.
Poonam Dhillon (born 18 April 1962) is an Indian Hindi-language film, theatre and TV actress and politician. A former Femina Miss India (1977). She is best known for her 1979 film Noorie and for her six films with Rajesh Khanna; Red Rose, etc.
Lalita Pawar (18 April 1916 – 24 February 1998) was a prolific Indian actress, who later became famous as a character actress, appearing in over 700 films in Hindi, Marathi and Gujarati cinema, where she gave hits such as Netaji Palkar (1938).
 

Notable Moments

 
1612 Marriage of Shahjahan and Mumtaj Mahal.
1612 Khurram prince was married to Arjumand Banu Begum.
1931 Lord Willingdon took over as the Viceroy of India.
1959 India, Pakistan sign one-year pact on Indus River irrigation.
1959 Premier Chou En-lai insists Tibetan Dalai Lama was abducted to India.
 
 

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