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Historical Event on 2/18/1983

Violence between Hindu Tamils and Buddhist Singhalese in Sri Lanka marks beginning of Tamil rebellion by Tiger freedom fighters demanding an independent nation called Eelam. Prolonged civil war results.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/28/1990President's rule imposed in Assam. Assembly kept in suspended animation. United Liberation Front of Assam and National Socialist Council of Nagaland banned.
8/22/1993Gundu Rao, former Chief Minister of Karnataka, died. He was 56.
5/19/1911K.N. Vaswani, educationist and Journalist, was born at Hyderabad, Sind.
8/19/1944The last Japanese troops driven out of India.
3/9/1961Vishnu Sahay was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 15-04-1962.
1/26/2000Mr. K. Vadivel Raj gets the 1999 Kabir Puraskar for rescuing 11 persons of another community during caste violence in September 1998 in a village in Tamil Nadu.
3/20/1997Maharashtra (like H.P.) proposes to make carrying for aged parents mandatory.
12/13/1989Kashmiri militants release the daughter of Indian Home Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed as five of their comrades freed from prison.
9/20/1992Vithhal Badgelwar, painter and sculptor, passed away.
2/2/1968TERLS dedicated to the United Nations.