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Historical Event on 10/18/1993

Mandakini Athvale, first child actor of Indian film industry, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/11/1989Pandit Narendra Sharma passed away.
8/23/1994Former prime minister Mian Nawaz Sharif said that Pakistan possessed a nuclear bomb and warned that an attack by India could start a nuclear war in Pakistan.
9/8/1960Feroz Gandhi, a prominent member of the Lok Sabha,died in New Delhi.
8/6/1962Peking agrees to talks with India to settle border disputes.
4/13/1972Balraj Sahani, famous film actor, passed away.
6/18/1966California's hippie subculture converged into a mass of long hair, flowers, and rock music this weekend, as 50,000 flowed into the fairgrounds of the Monterey International Pop Festival. The event featured the largest collection of major rock acts ever assembled; thousands of fans had to be turned away from the sold-out concert. Established artists such as the Byrds, Jefferson Airplane, Otis Redding, and the Mamas and the Papas received the expected ovations from the huge audience. But the response was equally enthusiastic for performances by Indian sitar master Ravi Shankar and new talents Janis Joplin, the Who, and Jimi Hendrix, a young man who played the electric guitar like nobody else.
12/1/1993World AIDS day.
2/18/1992Vasantrao Karnik, great journalist, passed away.
12/4/1924Gateway of India was inagurated by Lord Riding.
4/4/1990MI-4 was re-equipped with the mighty Mi-35, thus becoming a dedicated Attack Helicopter unit of the IAF.