18th April – What Happened Today In History?

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Today In History?

Find out what happened on 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 occurred 18th April

Poonam Dhillon is an Indian Hindi film, theatre and TV actress. She is best known for her 1979 film, Noorie, for her six films with Rajesh Khanna Red Rose, Dard, Nishaan, Zamana, Awam (from 1980 to 1987) and Sohni Mahiwal (1984), Samundar, Saveray Wali Gaadi (1986) and Naam (1986). Dhillon first gained fame when she was crowned Miss Young India at the age of 16.
Lalita Pawar (18 April 1916 – 24 February 1998) was a prolific Indian actress, who later became famous as character actress, appearing in over 700 films in Hindi and Marathi cinema, where she gave hits like, Netaji Palkar (1938), made by Bhalji Pendharkar, New Hana Pictures’ Sant Damaji, Navyug Chitrapat’s Amrit, written by VS Khandekar, and Chhaya Films’ Gora Kumbhar.
Shabana Raza (formerly known as Neha and now as Neha Bajpai) is an Indian actress. She made her film debut opposite Bobby Deol in Kareeb (1998) and went on to act in Fiza and Rahul among others. She was given the filmi name “Neha” by the director of Kareeb, Vidhu Vinod Chopra, after the name of her character in that film. After a break, she returned to acting in 2010 under her original name,
Sir Arnold Henry Moore Lunn (18 April 1888 – 2 June 1974) was a famous skier, mountaineer and writer. He was knighted for “services to British Skiing and Anglo-Swiss relations” in 1952. He was born in Madras, India and died in London. His father, Sir Henry Simpson Lunn (1859–1939), was firstly a Methodist minister and later founder of Lunn’s Travel agency (that would become Lunn Poly)
Chaitanya Choudhury is an Indian television actor and model. Chaitanya Choudhury (born 18 April 1977) is an Indian television actor. His interest in studies has inspired him to achieve a MBA (Master of Business Administration) degree. He has been seen in several roles in serials such as Kahiin To Hoga, Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi. He has acted on Ekta Kapoor’s serial Kavyanjali.

Death anniversaries on 18th April

Ramachandra Pandurang Tope (1814 – 18 April 1859), popularly known as Tatya Tope was an Indian leader in the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and one of its more renowned generals. He was a personal adherent of Nana Sahib of Kanpur. He progressed with the Gwalior contingent after the British reoccupation of Kanpur and forced General Windham to retreat from Kanpur.
Khursheed Bano ) (April 14, 1914 – April 18, 2001) was a pre-partition singer & actress, and a pioneer of the Indian cinema. Her career ran through the 1930s and 1940s. She was born Irshad Begum in the village of Choonian, in Kasur District, Lahore (in British India, now Pakistan).
Barindra Ghosh or Barindranath Ghose, or, popularly, Barin Ghosh (5 January 1880 – 18 April 1959) was an Indian revolutionary and journalist. He was one of the founding members of Jugantar, a revolutionary outfit in Bengal. Barindra Ghosh was a younger brother of Aurobindo Ghose (aka Sri Aurobindo). Barindra Ghosh was born at Croydon, near London on 5 January 1880.
Satish Chandra Mukherjee (5 June 1865 – 18 April 1948) was a pioneer in establishing a system of national education in India, along with Sri Aurobindo. Satish Chandra was born at Banipur in the Hooghly district, near Kolkata (Calcutta). His father, Krishnanath Mukherjee, had been a childhood friend and classmate of Justice Dvarkanath Mitra.
‘Najm al-Ḥassan popularly known as Najmul Millat or Najmul Ulama, (25 May 1863 to 18 April 1938) was a top faqīh (Islamic jurist), and trained several Ulama such as Sibte Hasan Naqvi, Farman Ali, Mohammad Haroon, Mohammad Dawood, Kifayat Hussain, Adeel Akhtar, and Jaffer Hussain.