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Historical Event on 10/18/1983
Vijay Manjrekar, cricketer 55 Tests for India, 3208 runs @ 39.12, died.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
5/8/1959 | Dalai Lama will not be allowed to campaign for Tibetan independence in India. India wants to maintain friendly relations with Communist China. |
6/1/1890 | Sri Seeripi Anjaneyulu, journalist, social reformer and educationist, was born at Dharmavaram, Anantapur. |
2/18/1665 | The Portuguese handover Mumbai island to England. |
7/27/1910 | Bande Ali Khan, great singer of `Beenkar' and `Kirana Gharana', passed away. |
5/13/1994 | Telecom sector opened to private companies under the new national policy announced in Parliament. |
3/14/1998 | Sonia Gandhi takes over as the Congress(I) president from Sitaram Kesri. |
5/18/1872 | Bertrand Russell, great philosopher, mathematician, author and Chairmain of the Indian League, was born. |
8/19/1996 | Gujarat's expelled BJP leader Shankersingh Waghela forms a new party called 'Rashtriya Janata Party'. |
6/30/1995 | CNN launches a 24-hour news channel in partnership with Doordarshan. |
9/26/1956 | Laxmanrao Kirloskar, great social reformer, industrialist, patriot and founder of the Kirloskar Industries, passed away at the age of 88. |
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