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Historical Event on 5/18/1988

The ten-day Golden Temple siege at Amritsar ends with the surrender of 46 militant Sikhs.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/20/1969M. Hidayatullah became the first acting President of India.
1/9/1916Ramkrishna Ramnarayan Ruia, great industrialist, was born.
5/29/1957Satish Kumar Sareen graduated from the first batch of the JSW and went onto the AFFC for flying training.
12/4/1992RBI devalues Rupee by 1.18% against the US dollar. India emerges overall champions with 10 golds; 8 silver and 14 bronzes in the 4th Asian Junior Athletic meet in New Delhi.
1/9/1935Britain signs the Trade Pack with India.
7/18/1990Following the end of six months Governor's rule, President's rule imposed in J&K.
4/23/1795East India Company gave Warren Hastings a grant of the money and he was honourably acquitted of the charges.
5/3/1947Indian National Trade Union Congress Intak was established.
12/16/1998The Government introduces in the Rajya Sabha the Patents (Amendments) Bill 1998 amid Left protests.
9/22/1979Maulana Abdul Ali Moudoodi aka Syed Abul A'la Maududi Chishti, founder leader of the Jamait- E- Islam, died in USA, he had taken pakistani citizenship.