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Historical Event on 7/18/1993
Jayalalitha goes on fast on Cauvery issue.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/1/1955 | Nikita Khrushchev delivers speech condemning British colonialism. |
| 5/21/1990 | PM V. P. Singh clears the Rs. 13,000 crore Sardar Sarovar Project over the river Narmada. |
| 6/12/1952 | J&K Assembly decided to terminate hereditary monarchy. |
| 11/18/1988 | Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev arrives in Delhi on a three-day visit. |
| 10/21/1999 | Madhavrao Scindia becomes the Deputy Leader of Congress (I) in the Lok Sabha. |
| 11/30/1988 | Cyclone lashes Bangladesh, Eastern India; 317 killed. |
| 10/19/1689 | Sambhaji's queen Yesubai and her child surrendered the Raigarh Fort to the Mughals. |
| 6/17/1991 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (Posthumous) (1875-1950). |
| 7/11/1957 | Aga Sultan Sir Muhammad (1877-1957), Aga Khan III, spritual leader of Ismaeli Muhammedans, passed away. He worked for Britian in the WW I & II. Aga Khan was extremly rich, he once had himself weighed against a sack of diamonds belonging to him. He was also one among those who formed the Muslim League. |
| 12/3/1984 | 3,000 people died and more than 50,000 people were badly affected when they inhaled poisonous toxic gas emission from the Union Carbide plant. This event is better known as ""the Bhopal Gas Tragedy"", the biggest industrial disaster that occured in India. |
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