Historical Events February 18.

1614 : Mughal emperor Jahangir captured Mewar.

1905 : Shyamji Krishnavarma founded the India Home Rule Society in London.

1930: Pluto, the ninth planet in our solar system for a long time, was discovered by Clyde Tombamg. Later on, Pluto withdrew the status of the planet.

1946: The Royal Indian Navy revolt in Mumbai.

1965: the Gambia gained independence from England.

1971: India established the first satellite contact with Britain through the Arvi satellite station.

1979: Snow falls in southern Algeria in the Sahara Desert. This is the only record of snowfall in the Sahara Desert.

1998: Senior Gandhian leader, former Union Minister and former Governor of Maharashtra C. Subramanian was awarded the Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian honor of India.

2007: Samjhauta Express bombings – a terrorist attack that occurred around midnight on this day on the Samjhauta Express, a twice-weekly train service connecting Delhi, India, and Lahore, Pakistan.

2019: Gun battle in Pulwama, Indian-controlled Kashmir, killed nine with Pakistan-based group Jaish-e-Mohammad held responsible.

 

Famous birthdays and birth anniversaries18th February

1745: Alessandro Volta, an Italian physicist, the inventor of the electric battery, and the discoverer of methane.

1823: Gopal Hari Deshmukh, an Indian activist, thinker, social reformer, and writer.

871: Vitthalbhai Patel, a political leader and the first Indian President of the Central Legislative Assembly of India.

 

1883: Madan Lal Dhingra, an Indian revolutionary, and pro-independence activist. 

1886: Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, an Indian Hindu mystic, saint, and religious leader.

1894: Rafi Ahmed Kidwai, an Indian independence activist and a socialist.

1898: Enzo Ferrari, an Italian motor racing driver, and entrepreneur, the founder of the Ferrari automobile marque.

1914: Jan Nisar Akhtar, an Indian poet of Urdu ghazals and nazms.

1927: Mohammed Zahur Khayyam Hashmi, an Indian music director, and background score composer.

1933: Nimmi, an Indian screen actress.

1957: Rajat Sharma, an Indian journalist and the Chairman and Editor-in-Chief, India TV.

1966: Sajid Nadiadwala, an Indian film producer, and director.

 

Famous people who died on this day on 18th February

1294: Kublai Khan, the fifth khagan of the Mongol Empire.

1405: Taimur, the first ruler of the Timurid dynasty.

1564: Michelangelo, an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet.

1967: J. Robert Oppenheimer, an American theoretical physicist.

2016: Ustad Abdul Rashid Khan, an Indian vocalist of Hindustani music.