1486 - Birth of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu on 18th February in 1486. Considered to be one the greatest saints of Bhakti Movement, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu was born on 18th February in 1486 in Navadwip (Nadia) in a Brahmin family in West Bengal. Nimai and Gauranga were his other names.
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu gave great impetus to Vaishnavism in Bengal. This greatest religious reformer laid the foundation of the Gaudiya sect of Vaishnavs. He was an exponent of a new style of Bhajan singing.
1905- Foundation of the Indian Home Rule Society (IHRS) in 1905. The Indian Home Rule Society (IHRS) was an Indian organisation founded on 18 February in London in 1905 that sought to promote the cause of self-rule in British India. It was founded by Indian revolutionary leader Shyamji Krishna Varma.
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