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Today In Indian History - Historical Events of India
| Date | Event Name |
| 10/18/1712 |
Jeremias Van Riemsdijk, Governor General of Dutch Indies (1775-77), was born. |
| 10/18/1861 |
Chintaman Vinayak Vaidya, historian and researcher, was born. |
| 10/18/1879 |
Branch of 'Theosophical Panth' established in India. |
| 10/18/1901 |
Mahatma Gandhi sails for India. |
| 10/18/1906 |
Depressed Classes Mission Society' was established by Vitthal Ramji Shinde. |
| 10/18/1919 |
W. A. Sangma, leader of Meghalaya, was born. |
| 10/18/1925 |
Narayandatt Tiwar, former Central minister and Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, was born. |
| 10/18/1927 |
Ramesh Vithaldas Divecha, cricketer (11 wickets for India in early 50's), was born in Bombay. |
| 10/18/1928 |
Roshan Harshadlal "Deepak" Shodhan, cricketer (century on Test debut for India), was born in Ahmedabad. |
| 10/18/1952 |
Vinoo Mankad takes 13 Pakistan wickets to win first Indo-Pak clash. |
| 10/18/1968 |
Narendra Deepchand Hirwani, cricketer (Ind leggie 16 wickets vs WI on debut in 1988), was born in Gorakhpur. |
| 10/18/1980 |
The first Himalayan Car Rally of 5,377.9 km was started from Brabourne Stadium, Bombay with 74 starters. |
| 10/18/1983 |
Vijay Manjrekar, cricketer 55 Tests for India, 3208 runs @ 39.12, died. |
| 10/18/1992 |
1,000 police personnel occupy the Golden Temple in Amritsar to keep Punjab separatists away. |
| 10/18/1992 |
Zimbabwe's first Test match vs India at Harare. |
| 10/18/1993 |
Mandakini Athvale, first child actor of Indian film industry, died. |
| 10/18/1995 |
President's Rule imposed in UP and the State Assembly put in suspended animation. |
| 10/18/1995 |
Punjab CM Harcharan Singh Brar inducts All India Youth Congress President Maninderjit Singh Bitta in to the cabinet. |
| 10/18/1995 |
Baby Naaz (Anuradha Bhakkar), famous child actor, died. |
| 10/18/1996 |
Vigyan Bhawan in Delhi to be the venue for the trial of former PM Rao. |
| 10/18/1997 |
Prince Philip switches on the internet version of Malayala Manorama and The Week at Kochi. |
| 10/18/2000 |
Supreme Court gives the nod for construction of the Sardar Sarovar Dam on the Narmada river. |
| 10/18/2000 |
Ram Vilas Paswan, Union Communications Minister, announces relief for phone users. New links to cost Rs. 2,000 in urban areas and Rs. 500 in rural areas. |
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| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/20/1911 | Dattatray Purushottam Karmarkar, veteran freedom fighter and former cabinet minister, died. |
| 1/18/1995 | Kumble takes 16-99 in a match for Karnataka vs Kerala. |
| 4/9/1954 | India reports only 43\% of population speaks 15 recognized languages, noting 720 dialects, 23 tribal tongues. |
| 8/15/1972 | Postal Index Number (PIN Code) of 6-digits was introduced. |
| 2/11/1935 | Lalita Narhar Bapat, famous marathi novelist, was born. |
| 6/21/1906 | Vyomeshchandra Banerjee, first president of All India Congress, passed away. |
| 6/1/1786 | Madras General Post Office started functioning. |
| 2/12/2000 | 17 persons, including 12 police personnel, die as naxalites strike terror during the first phase of polling for the Bihar Assembly. |
| 6/18/1991 | Congress emerges as the largest party in Lok Sabha polls though short of an absolute majority. |
| 2/2/1965 | Government sanction was accorded to the Officers Training School for the start of Short Service Regular Commission. |
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