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Historical Event on 10/18/1995

Baby Naaz (Anuradha Bhakkar), famous child actor, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/16/1860Dr. W.M. Haffkine, great scientist, bacteriologist and professor, was born at Odessa in Russia.
1/1/1973Indian General Insurance Corporation nationalised.
9/16/1916M. S. Subalaxmi, famous classical singer and Bharat Ratna awardee, was born.
6/10/1832Edwin Arnold, English writer (Light of India), was born.
1/26/1950Government of India accepted the National Emblem. It consisted of Head of Lion which is taken from Ashok piller situated near Sarnath.
9/30/1687Aurangzeb acquired the famous Golconda fort near Hyderabad from the Qutub Shahi Sultan Tana Shah due to the treachery of his General Panni.
10/11/1737A violent earthquake and cyclone hit Calcutta which claimed 3,00,000 lives.
7/11/1953Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu was born in Mumbai (Mahatrahtra).
10/23/1997Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka set deadline upto 31st October for sandalwood smuggler Veerappan to surrender.
8/15/1947India gains independence from the British rule and Pakistan emerges as a separate Islamic nation. Around 600,000 die in clashes during the subsequent population exchange of 14 million people between the two new countries.