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Historical Event on 8/18/1985

Assam Assembly dissolved (18).

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/9/2000Parliament approves the Madhya Pradesh Reorganisation Bill 2000, paving the way for the creation of a separate Chhattisgarh State.
12/30/1935Lord Reading, former Viceroy and Governor General of India, died at the age of 76 at UK.
3/26/1990Sangma Ministry quits in Meghalaya. B. B. Lyngdoh is new CM.
11/19/1978Gavaskar gets twin cricket tons for India for second time.
3/1/1908Tata Iron & Steel Company was the first steel company to be established in India.
7/4/1997Centre frees from its control nine top public sector undertakings, accounting for over Rs. 10,000 crore profits annually, to become global giants by providing them full financial and operational autonomy. This included newsprint and paper from licensing controls.
8/1/1882Purushottamdas Tandon, great leader and editor, was born at Allahabad (U.P.).
11/2/1990Many die in firing in Ayodhya as Karsevaks storm the Ram Janma Bhumi/Babri Masjid structure. Curfew in many areas in north and west India to prevent communal violence. Several people die in violence.
6/17/1993Congress (I) working committee reaffirms its faith in Rao; BJP asks for PM's resignation .
12/27/1998Churches and missionary schools come under attack and many were injured in a fresh outbreak of communal violence in Surat and Dangs district of Gujarat even as the Bajrang Dal and the Vishwa Hindu Parishad announce the stepping up of their stir against the alleged conversion of Hindus.