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Historical Event on 10/18/2000
Ram Vilas Paswan, Union Communications Minister, announces relief for phone users. New links to cost Rs. 2,000 in urban areas and Rs. 500 in rural areas.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/5/1997 | Mother Teresa, founder of Missionaries of Charity who was awarded with Nobel Prize (1979) and Bharat Ratna, died at the age of 87 due to heart attack late in the evening around 9:30 pm in Calcutta. |
| 1/31/1998 | D. R. Karthikeyan became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 31/03/98). |
| 9/30/1996 | Dr. A.T. Ariyaratne, Sri Lankan social scientist, received the Gandhi Peace Prize 1996. |
| 4/1/1889 | Hindu', English language newspaper changed its perodicity from weekly (20/09/1888) to daily. |
| 4/1/1889 | Akbar won the war near Ahmedabad and captured Gujrat. |
| 10/16/1976 | Jalgaon Radio Station started broadcasting. |
| 11/18/2000 | Yashwant Sinha, Finance Minister, said there would be no cuts in Income Tax rates in the next budget, and signalled that the reforms process will continue. |
| 7/15/1992 | Lucknow High Court stays any construction activity near the disputed temple in Ayodhya. |
| 11/8/1661 | Guru Har Rai passed away. Second son Har Kishan became the eighth Sikh Guru age of 5 years 4 Months. He passed away at the age of 7 years 9 Months. |
| 9/2/1960 | Dr. Shankar Purushottam Adharkar, famous Botanist in India, passed away. |
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