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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 |
| 6/8/1948 | Malabar Princess', Air India's first international flight, takes off from Bombay to London via Cairo and Geneva. This was weekly air service was started between India to United Kingdom. |
| 11/29/1961 | First cosmonaut of the world, Yuri Gagarin of Russia, came to India. |
| 7/21/1984 | Terrorists breach Bhakra canal in Punjab. |
| 2/11/1997 | A New Delhi district consumer court holds that provision of drinking water aboard trains is a necessity and it is the duty of the railways to provide it to passengers in reserved compartments. |
| 2/8/1999 | Gen. K. Sundarji (69), former Chief of Army Staff, died in New Delhi. |
| 4/1/1954 | French settlements in India pass under Indian control. |
| 1/2/1973 | General S. H. F. J. Manekshaw appointed as Field Marshall. |
| 10/14/1980 | S. N. Banerjee, cricketer--one Test for India and 249 runs 10th wkt stand on tour, died. |
| 3/19/1982 | President's rule in Assam. |
| 12/1/1885 | Dattatreya Balkrishna Kalelkar, famous Gandhian Gujrathi llitterateur and educationist, was born at Satara in Maharashtra. |
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