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Historical Event on 8/18/1993

The Transport Development Council decides to abolish Pathkar (entry tax) and increase the fee for national permit from Rs. 1500 to Rs. 5000.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/20/1760Phattesingh Bhosle passed away.
11/19/1877Jatindranath Benarjee, revolutionary of Indian freedom movement, was born.
6/10/1908Mary Clubwala Jadhav, politician and social worker, was born.
2/9/2000The Madras High Court suspends the one-year jail sentence passed by a Special Court against the former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Ms. Jayalalitha, in the 'Pleasant Stay Hotel Case'.
4/14/1941Julie Christie, actress (Dr Zhivago), was born in Assam, India.
5/28/1989Kerala diocese of Marathakavalli was the first Christian priest in India.
9/13/1990An attempt to hijack a Coimbatore-Bangalore-Madras Indian Airlines flight IC 534 to Sri Lanka.
1/12/1993Ramakanth Rath, well-known Oriya poet, gets the Saraswathi Samman of Rs.3 lakh.
11/14/1959Nehru rejects China's proposal for a mutual withdrawal of troops from a border buffer zone.
11/13/1991Supreme Court orders establishment of an all-India judicial service.