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Historical Event on 8/18/1993

The Transport Development Council decides to abolish Pathkar (entry tax) and increase the fee for national permit from Rs. 1500 to Rs. 5000.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/29/1972Prithviraj Kapoor, famous film actor, passed away.
1/2/1878Mannathu Padmanabhan, great social worker and first president of the Tranvancore Devasworn Board, was born at Perunna village, Kerala State.
7/1/1955Imperial Bank of India was inaugurated and was renamed as State Bank of India.
3/29/1992Centenary celebrations of Tansa Dam held at Tansa. No of Seats of the Standing Committee and Education Committee increased from 20 to 27and 20 to 26 respectively and that of the B.E.S. & T. Committee from 12 to 17 (Vide Maharashtra Act XXI of 1992) (CIVIC).
4/8/1887Ramnarayan Vishwanath Pathak, famous Gujrati litterateur critic, poet and story writer, was born.
5/29/1965Indian Everest team sets a world record by climbing the Everest for the fourth time.
7/5/1946Ram Vilas Jamun Paswan was born in Shaharbanni, Distt. Khagaria (Bihar).
12/6/1946Anglo-Indian talks end in failure after three days at London.
9/18/1993Asit Sen, famous comedy actor and character artist, died.
9/6/1961D. N. Kohli was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 28-05-1966.