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Historical Event on 10/18/1992
1,000 police personnel occupy the Golden Temple in Amritsar to keep Punjab separatists away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/25/1995 | Voting on the Criminal Law Bill differed again in Rajya Sabha. |
| 9/21/1990 | Supreme Court refuses to stay implementation of Mandal Commission Report. |
| 8/9/1892 | Shri Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan, prolific author and first librarian of the University of Madras, was born. |
| 7/16/1914 | N. E. Balram, communist leader, died. |
| 4/29/1848 | Raja Ravi Verma, famous classic, prolific painter and great Indian Artist, was born in Kilimanoor, Kerala. |
| 3/25/1927 | Leslie Claudius, India field hockey (Olympic-gold-1948, 52, 56), was born. |
| 10/1/1854 | Postal stamp introduced in India. These lithographed stamps were of denominations of half anna and one anna. These stamps bore the Head of Queen Victoria with India at top and value at bottom. The half anna stamp was printed between May 5 to July 29 and printing of one anna stamp commenced on July 26. |
| 1/14/1773 | Amstored Lord William Piet, governor, was born. |
| 6/23/1997 | Communication equipment worth several crores destroyed and Chennai's land and mobile telephone networks thrown out of gear in a fire at Anna Road telephone exchange. |
| 6/26/1997 | India declares its chemical weapon stockpiles and storage facilities as part of its obligations as signatory to the Chemical Weapons Convention. |
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