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Historical Event on 10/18/2000

Ram Vilas Paswan, Union Communications Minister, announces relief for phone users. New links to cost Rs. 2,000 in urban areas and Rs. 500 in rural areas.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/25/1948National Cadet Corps was first established.
9/29/1906Chhajju Ram, social worker and teacher, was born at Manawar, Chhamb.
10/26/1932Indian Muslim leader demands that Gandhi be released from prison. The Viceroy responded that this was only possible if Gandhi disassociated himself from the civil disobedience campaign.
10/26/1932Vasco-de-Gama was the Last Viceroy of Portuguese, who ruled India.
6/13/1943Netaji Subhashchandra Bose started his journey from Germany to Tokyo by a submarine.
5/4/1923Mrinal Sen, famous film director, was born.
6/12/1975Allahabad court voids Indira Gandhi's election as premier, citing corruption at New Delhi.
5/9/1992Killer brew claims 175 lives in Orissa, Excise Minister Prasanna Kumar Acharya resigns.
4/19/1976Maharshi Dayanand University established in Haryana.
3/25/1958Yograjsingh Bhagsingh Bhundel, cricketer (Indian pace bowler early 80's), was born in Chandigarh.