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Historical Event on 10/18/2000

Ram Vilas Paswan, Union Communications Minister, announces relief for phone users. New links to cost Rs. 2,000 in urban areas and Rs. 500 in rural areas.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/17/1994Dr. Harbhajan Singh, Punjabi poet, wins Saraswati Samman.
1/26/2000Mr. K. Vadivel Raj gets the 1999 Kabir Puraskar for rescuing 11 persons of another community during caste violence in September 1998 in a village in Tamil Nadu.
1/22/1993A Patna-Lucknow-Delhi IA flight IC-810 was hijacked by a certain Satish Chandra Pandey shortly after take-off.
7/2/1950Yusuf Meharali, socialist leader, died.
2/16/1986The Silver Jubilee of I.N.S.- Vikrant, India's only aircraft carrier, fails.
10/14/1940Cliff Richards [Harry Webb], rock vocalist, was born in Lucknow, India.
7/29/1983First Pilot-less Aeroplane of India was tested successfully by the Aeronautical Development Establishment near Kolar.
10/19/1954Nehru and Mao meet in Peking.
4/15/1997Interest rate on domestic term deposits brought down from 10 to nine per cent by RBI.
5/14/1954President issues an order extending application of Indian Constitution to Kashmir with the concurrence of the State government.