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Historical Event on 10/18/1983
Vijay Manjrekar, cricketer 55 Tests for India, 3208 runs @ 39.12, died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/23/1931 | Bhagat Singh, Shivram Rajguru and Sukhdev, great freedom fighters and revolutionaries, were hanged for assasination of Saunders, Assistant Superintendent of Police in the Central Jail at Lahore. Bhagat Singh and his associates showed no signs of any fear as they kissed the noose, chanting ""Inquilab Zindabad"" (long live the revolution). |
| 8/11/1999 | The last total solar eclipse of the millenium was seen in northern parts of India and France. This eclipse lasted for 2 min and 23 sec. |
| 1/11/1921 | Vasudevacharya Kerur, famous Kannad novelist, drama writer and journalist, passed away. |
| 9/29/1993 | National Human Rights Commission set up. |
| 9/3/1767 | Colonel Smith was defeated in the battle of Changama that took place between the combined forces of Nizam and Hyder Ali and the British army. This was the first war of Mysore. The British concluded a humiliating peace with Hyder Ali of Mysore. |
| 6/6/1997 | Five killed and 17 injured in a bus explosion in Gurdaspur district of Punjab. |
| 1/25/1950 | The post of the Governor General of India was abolished. |
| 9/20/1993 | First developmental launch of PSLV and Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-1E) carried remote sensing payloads. Could not be placed in orbit. |
| 4/26/1929 | British fliers make a record nonstop 4,130-mile trip from London to India. |
| 8/29/1994 | Tusharkanti Ghosh, world famous Indian journalist, passed away. |
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