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Historical Event on 10/18/1995
Baby Naaz (Anuradha Bhakkar), famous child actor, died.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
3/16/1860 | Dr. W.M. Haffkine, great scientist, bacteriologist and professor, was born at Odessa in Russia. |
1/1/1973 | Indian General Insurance Corporation nationalised. |
9/16/1916 | M. S. Subalaxmi, famous classical singer and Bharat Ratna awardee, was born. |
6/10/1832 | Edwin Arnold, English writer (Light of India), was born. |
1/26/1950 | Government of India accepted the National Emblem. It consisted of Head of Lion which is taken from Ashok piller situated near Sarnath. |
9/30/1687 | Aurangzeb acquired the famous Golconda fort near Hyderabad from the Qutub Shahi Sultan Tana Shah due to the treachery of his General Panni. |
10/11/1737 | A violent earthquake and cyclone hit Calcutta which claimed 3,00,000 lives. |
7/11/1953 | Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu was born in Mumbai (Mahatrahtra). |
10/23/1997 | Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka set deadline upto 31st October for sandalwood smuggler Veerappan to surrender. |
8/15/1947 | India 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. |
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