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Historical Event on 8/18/1990

Pandit Narayan Chaturvedi, senior Hindi litterateur, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/24/1937Gandhi announces that he will retire from politics.
2/25/1760Lord Clive left India. His successors as Governors of India were J. Holwell and H. Vansittart from July 1760 to 1765. He was re-posted to India on May 3, 1765.
11/27/1999BJP recaptures the Jaipur Civic body posts by winning 49 out of 70 seats.
9/10/1918Muslim riots break out in Calcutta.
11/25/2000Karnataka and Tamil Nadu Governments agree on a ""unified command'' for the STF operations against Veerappa
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12/28/1995Third Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-1C), carring advanced remote sensing cameras was launched by Russian Molniya launch vehicle. It is still in service.
7/17/1893Lokmanya Tilak was arrested for 18 months.
10/18/1927Ramesh Vithaldas Divecha, cricketer (11 wickets for India in early 50's), was born in Bombay.
6/15/1991About 50% of the 180.3 million electorate cast their votes in the final phase of Lok Sabha elections.