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Historical Event on 5/18/1985

Dr. P. C. Alexander appointed High Commissioner in Britain.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/18/1983Violence between Hindu Tamils and Buddhist Singhalese in Sri Lanka marks beginning of Tamil rebellion by Tiger freedom fighters demanding an independent nation called Eelam. Prolonged civil war results.
8/19/1996Gujarat's expelled BJP leader Shankersingh Waghela forms a new party called 'Rashtriya Janata Party'.
7/1/1964Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI) was established.
6/7/1993Sai Baba escapes attempt on life. Four assailants and two bodyguards were killed.
4/3/1912M. Varadarajan, educationist and author, was born at Tirupattur.
3/10/1998A. B. Vajpayee agrees to form a government with 252 members including the BJP and it's allies.
3/15/1993Vinod Kambli scores 227 vs Zimbabwe. This was his second consecutive Test 200.
6/14/1998S. Vijayalakshmi wins National women's `A' chess title in Mumbai.
11/3/1900Sagarmal Gopa, freedom fighter, was born.
1/1/1988On the Christan New Year Day, Maharashtra became the first state to launch a public campaign against smoking.