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Historical Event on 10/18/1996

Vigyan Bhawan in Delhi to be the venue for the trial of former PM Rao.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/8/1995Dr. Duranand Kanhan Pillai, great litterateur of Malyali language, died.
7/28/1921Congress decided to boycott the visit of Prince of Wales in India.
2/2/1996Gold price zooms to all-time record high of Rs. 5600 per 10 grams.
3/19/1990Madhu Dandavate,Union Finance Minister, submits Rs. 7,206 crore deficit budget with a mixed bag of new levies and concessions.
4/2/1948Defence Minister announces the establishment of the National War Academy in Kharakvasla, Poona.
11/23/1926Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose, Indian plant physiologist and physicist, passed away. He investigated the properties of very short radio waves, wireless telegraphy and radiation-induced fatigue in inorganic materials. His physiological work involved comparative measurements of the responses of plants exposed to stress. His invention of highly sensitive instruments for the detection of minute responses by living organisms to external stimuli enabled him to anticipate the parallelism between animal and plant tissues noted by later bio-physicists.รก
7/12/1864Vishvanath Kashinath Rajwade, great Historian, was born.
10/24/1934Arvindrao Laxmanrao Apte, cricketer (brother of Madhav scored 8 & 7 runs in one Test), was born in Bombay.
3/2/1930Gandhiji addresses letter to Viceroy intimating his intention to break Salt Law if Congress demands are not conceded.
6/11/1930A cyclonic storm blew a train off the rails near Himmatnagar, Gujarat, killing at least one person and injuring many more.