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Historical Event on 7/18/1993
Girilal Jain, 71, The Times of India editor, died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/28/1827 | A few mountain battery trains flourished and kept the Indian component alive as part of the Royal artillery. Recently, it has been established that 8 Company Bombay Artillery survived axing and is now 5 (Bombay) Mountain Battery. This day is now celebrated as the Raising Day of the Regiment of Artillery. |
| 3/4/1858 | J. P. Walker, British Officer, along with 200 prisoners who were mainly from the Indian Sepoy Mutiny, sailed from Calcutta to start a new settlement in the Andaman Islands. |
| 10/13/1781 | A treaty was singed between the Britishers and ruler of Gwalior, Scindia. |
| 9/6/1972 | Allauddin Khan, famous Sarod player, passed away. |
| 5/31/1987 | Daman and Diu to remain as union territories after Goa becomes the 25th state of India. |
| 2/17/1980 | Indira Gandhi dissolves nine state assemblies led by opposition. She imposed presidential rule in Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, U.P., Bihar, Orissa, M.P., Rajasthan, Punjab and Gujarat. |
| 3/22/1949 | SSC Examination system started. |
| 7/7/1917 | Ram Subhagsingh, great politician and former Rail Minister, was born. |
| 11/9/1924 | Pandit C. R. Vyas, veteran singer, was born. |
| 12/28/1995 | Third Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-1C), carring advanced remote sensing cameras was launched by Russian Molniya launch vehicle. It is still in service. |
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