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Historical Event on 5/18/1999

R. B. Sapre, India's first national chess champion, died in Mumbai.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/2/1994India and Pakistan resume talks after a gap of 16 months.
1/9/1904Pratab Singh Chaudhari, social worker, was born at Multan, Punjab .
8/4/1923Nagpur University started working.
8/30/1934Balkrishna Pandharinath Gupte ""Baloo"", cricketer (brother of Fergie, Indian leggie), was born in Bombay.
1/20/1997The third Test between India and South Africa ends in a draw in Johannesburg.
1/20/1997Akbar's Vajir-E-Ajam 'Bairam Khan' was assassinated at Patan, Gujarat by an Afghan assassin Mubarak Khan Lohani ( whose father was slain by Bairam Khan) in the battle of Machiwara.
9/26/1975Notification to pay equal payment to both men and women workers was promulgated.
9/22/1789Office of Postmaster General is created under the Treasury Department.
4/26/1813Swati Tirunal Ramavarma, outstanding composer of Carnatic music in Kerala, was born in a royal family of Travancore.
5/19/1991About 20 crore voters go to the polls in the first phase of election in 204 constituencies of the 10th Lok Sabha.