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Historical Event on 10/18/1995
Baby Naaz (Anuradha Bhakkar), famous child actor, died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/11/1908 | Khudiram Bose was hanged on this day in Central Jail at Mujaffarpur, Bihar at the age of 19 years. He along with Prafulla Chaki had planned to bomb the carriage supposed to be carrying Kingsford, unfortunately he was betrayed and was caught and finally was sentenced to death and hanged. This day is observed as ""Martyr's Day"" in memory of the great freedom fighter. Even today the soul stirring songs composed in his honour are sung by Bengali folk-singers. |
| 8/15/1947 | Sir Cyril Radcliffe Award on the new boundaries of West Punjab, East Punjab, West Bengal, East Bengal and Assam. |
| 5/13/1994 | Renowned environmentalist Maurice F. Strong chosen for the Jawaharlal Nehru International Understanding award for 1992. |
| 8/21/1978 | Vinoo Mankad, cricketer, died. He played 44 tests for India and had 2109 runs and took 162 wickets. |
| 9/24/1997 | I. K. Gujral, Prime Minister, formally stated India's claim to permanent membership of Security Council at the U.N. General Assembly meeting. |
| 8/28/1997 | Election Commission orders that no convicted person will be allowed to contest elections even if an appeal against the conviction was pending in a higher court. |
| 4/28/1986 | Malayalam film `Chidambaram' directed by G. Aravindan wins best feature film award and Shyam Benegal bags the Best Director award for the Hindi film 'Trikal'. |
| 12/14/1955 | Henry Heras, famous artist and an active member of the Indian Historical Records Commission, died in Bombay. |
| 11/3/1984 | Body of assassinated Indian PM Indira Gandhi cremated. |
| 1/24/1997 | Justice Meera Sahib Fathima Beevi and Justice Sukhdev Singh Kang appointed Governors of Tamil Nadu and Kerala respectively. |
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