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Historical Event on 10/18/1901

Mahatma Gandhi sails for India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/5/1994India test-fires a missile capable of reaching targets in China.
2/7/1995Cong-I Disciplinary Action Committee expels Arjun Singh from the primary membership for 6 years for anti-party activities.
7/6/1992The centre decides to allow TV and Radio time slots for private producers.
8/25/199710,000 people residing in low lying areas in Gujarat shifted to safer places following incessant rains for two days. Death toll mounts to 265.
1/18/1994Narasimha Rao decides to retain Veerappa Moily as Karnataka CM.
10/14/1994Setu Madhavrao Pagdi, researcher and historian, died.
11/5/1997Railway ministry doubles compensation amounts from Rs. 2 lakh to Rs.4 lakh to victims of railway accidents and other untoward incidents.
5/21/1999A powerful bomb explodes and another is defused on the road leading to the Imphal airport minutes before the Prime Minister landed to commence his two-day visit to the State.
5/23/1996Joint Opposition candidate Purno A. Sangma (Cong. MP from Meghalaya) unanimously elected Speaker of 11th Lok Sabha.
8/8/1905Dhyanchand, great Hockey player, was born.