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Historical Event on 10/18/1992

1,000 police personnel occupy the Golden Temple in Amritsar to keep Punjab separatists away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/6/1991Ramakrishna Hegde disqualified as MLA.
3/22/199957 prisoners in Indian and Pakistan jails are repatriated to their respective motherlands at the Attari-Wagah joint checkpost on the border in Amristar district.
7/17/1935Dr. Ram Babu Gupta, cricket test umpire for 11 tests from 1986-89, was born at Delhi.
8/14/1968Week-long flood death toll reaches 1,000.
3/3/1891Office of Superintendent of Immigration (Treasury Dept) created.
7/1/1955S. P. Kampani, was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 18-07-1957.
8/15/1997IWM Vijayalakshmi wins Asian Zonal Women's Chess tournament in Tehran.
10/11/1994Molly Chacko at Hiroshima sets record for 3000m (Women) in 9.06.42.
9/6/1674Faced with a critical situation, De la Haye had to capitulate and surrender St Thome to the Dutch who allowed the Sultan of Golconda to re-occupy it.
12/15/1894Saraswatibai, famous singer and classical music expert, was born.