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Historical Event on 2/18/1665

The Portuguese handover Mumbai island to England.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/28/1943Netaji Subash Chandra Bose aligned the Japanese-German submarine at Medagaskar.
5/4/1932Many are arrested as Congress agents picket Bombay post offices in celebration of Gandhi Day.
5/31/1987Daman and Diu to remain as union territories after Goa becomes the 25th state of India.
12/11/1968Indian born Har Govind Khorana receives the Nobel Price for medicine and physiology.
6/20/1946Kashmir authorities arrest President-elect Nehru for refusing to obey an order banning him from the state.
1/18/1906Nirupam Chandra Ganguli, criminal lawyer and sportsman, was born at Bhagalpur.
12/5/1999India's Yukta Mookhey is crowned Miss World.
7/27/1959Abbas Ali Baig scores 112 for India v England on debut.
10/16/1990Dr. Nelson Mandela, conferred with 'Bharat Ratna', the highest civilian honour.
8/6/1965Indian troops invade Pakistan.