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Historical Event on 7/18/1987

Amitabh Bachhan resigns his Lok Sabha membership.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/12/1975Allahabad court voids Indira Gandhi's election as premier, citing corruption at New Delhi.
7/15/1986Sandhya Agarwal made 190 runs in third Womens Test Cricket setting a new record in England.
9/11/1895Vinoba Bhave (real name Vinayak Narhari Bhave), great Gandhian Acharya, was born at Ganoda village of Maharashtra.
12/20/1993India and Council of European Union sign a co-operation agreement in Brussels.
4/14/1907P. C. Joshi, famous Leftist leader and thinker, was born.
9/24/1999India's Krishnan Sasikiran and China's Wang Yu bagged the boys' and girl's titles respectively in the Asian Junior Chess championship in Vung Tau City, Vietnam.
8/16/1958Pather Panchali' won the top five awards, including feature length motion picture, and got a honorary mention at the Vancouver International Film Festival.
9/1/1981Air Chief Marshal Dilbagh Singh PVSM, AVSM, VM., became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 03/Sept/1984.
5/1/1996Ban imposed (through a Delhi high court judgment) on the film 'Bandit Queen', based on the life of Phoolan Devi, lifted by Supreme Court.
5/1/1996The famous Vijaynagar Hindu Empire established (1336-1565-1646), Deccan region of South India is founded. European visitors are overwhelmed by the wealth and advancement of its 17-square-mile capital.