Curated historical timeline of momentous political pacts, freedom struggle uprisings, constitutional developments, scientific breakthroughs, and prominent birthdays recorded on 18 March.
The Treaty of Seringapatam (also called Srirangapatinam or Srirangapatna), Ended the Third Anglo-Mysore War. Its signatories included Lord Cornwallis on behalf of the British East India Company, representatives of the Nizam of Hyderabad and the Maratha Empire, and Tipu Sultan, the ruler of Mysore
First Ordnance manufacturing factory established in India.
American Express was founded by Henry Wells and William Fargo.
Mahatma Gandhi jailed for six years for the non-cooperation movement.
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose’s Azad Hind Sena entered the country through Burma and defeated the British on the Indian border.
Alexei Leonov became the first astronaut to walk in 12 minutes into space.
Ratan Tata, President of Tata Group, was awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Science at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.
Sunil Bharti Mittal, President and Chief Executive Officer of Bharti Enterprises, became the first Indian to join America’s Distinguished Entrepreneur Academy.
Shahaji Raje Bhonsle
Rudolf Diesel, a German inventor, and mechanical engineer.
M. V. Dhurandhar, an Indian painter.
Neville Chamberlain, the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
Waman Gopal Joshi, an Indian-Marathi journalist, playwright, and freedom fighter.
Kunji Lal Dubey, an Indian independence activist, lawyer, educationist, and politician.
Shashi Kapoor, an Indian actor and film producer.
Eknath Solkar, Indian cricketer (d. 2005)
Neville Chamberlain, English businessman and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Shreevats Goswami, Indian cricketer
Augustus De Morgan, Indian-English mathematician and academic (b. 1806)
William C. Durant, an American businessman, co-founded General Motors and Chevrolet.
Vishwanath Nageshkar, Indian painter
Adam Osborne, a Thai-English engineer, and businessman. He founded the Osborne Computer Corporation.
Bob Woolmer, Indian-English cricketer, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1948)