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Historical Event on 5/18/1995
Criminal Law (Amendment Bill, 1995) introduced in Parliament to replace the 10-year-old controversial TADA Act.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/5/1908 | Babu Jagjivan Ram, valiant freedom fighter, was born in Chandwa village in Bhojpur, Bihar. He held many prominent ministerial portfolios such as Communications Minister (1952-56), Railway Minister (1956-62), Food and Agriculture Minister (1967-70) and Defence Minister (1970-74). After 1977, he became the Deputy Prime Minister (Defence) in Janta regime. Thereafter, he established Congress (J). His uninterrupted representation in the Parliament from 1936 to 1986 is a world record. This day is commemorated as ""Samta Diwas"". |
| 10/15/2000 | Sachin Tendulkar becomes the highest run-getter in one-day internationals (9379 runs) during his innings of 69 in the final of the ICC cricket tournament against New Zealand |
| 4/6/1993 | Divya Bharati, famous Hindi film actress (Deewana), died at the age of 19. |
| 12/9/1977 | Ravishankar Mahashankar Rawal, famous painter, passed away. |
| 12/11/1926 | Kamala Kant Pandey was born at Varanasi. He was the first Indian agriculture graduate to win the London Exhibition Scholarship. He was elected fellow of the Linnean Society of London in 1966. In 1975, he made the discovery of a ""revolutionary technique in plant breeding |
| 10/23/1992 | UPSC decides to introduce a new essay paper for the civil services examination. |
| 2/25/1998 | Tendulkar's first first-class 204* for Mumbai vs Australia. |
| 7/14/1963 | Swami Shivanand Saraswati, religious leader, passed away. |
| 3/16/1912 | Gandhiji commends Gokhale's attempts for abolition of indenture system. |
| 10/1/1958 | Metric System of weights was introduced in India. |
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