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Historical Event on 2/18/1665

The Portuguese handover Mumbai island to England.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/26/1949Constitution of India was adopted
4/28/1740Baji Rao I aka Thorle BajiRao Peshwa passed away at Raverkhedi near the banks of the Narmada river near Khargon and his son Balaji Baji Rao was placed on his father's throne as the Peshwa.
4/6/1955Vinayak Maharaj Masurkar, great Samarth Saint, died.
9/24/1994At least 100 people die after an outbreak of pneumonic plague in the western city of Surat.
7/25/1997Kocheril Raman Narayanan (K. R. Narayanan) became the 10th President of India.
3/7/1998A. B. Vajpayee is elected leader of the BJP Parliamentary Party.
1/28/1925Raja Ramanna, fourth President of Indian Atomic Energy Commission, was born.
5/15/1997Yaseen Malik, All-Party Hurriyat Conference leader, was released from Tihar jail.
4/16/2000India wins the second leg of the pre-olympic hockey tournament at Perth.
6/6/1935Harry Crews, great US writer and actor (Indian Runner), was born.