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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
11/10/1960First Nagpur session of Maharashtra State.
6/20/1997Basu Bhattacharya (65), film-maker, died in Mumbai.
10/15/1996Kerala CM Nayanar says Governors are not necessary in states.
7/26/1922Girilal Jain, famous journalist and editor, was born.
3/29/1996SC asks All India Indira Congress to modify its name as All Indira Congress (Tiwari).
2/14/1755Raghuji Bhosle, great fighter of Bhosle gharana in Nagpur, passed away.
5/10/1981The first day and night cricket match of India was played at the flood-lit ground of the Wilson College Gymkhana (Bombay).
7/24/1985Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and Sikh leader Sant Harchand Singh Longowal of Akali Dal signed a peace contract known as 'Punjab Accord' thus ending the four-year agitation in Punjab.
11/3/1988Indian armed forces mounted special operations to help the Indian Ocean archipelago of the Maldives and dealt with the 150 sea-borne invaders who stormed Maldivian Capital, Male and soughted to overthrow the democratically elected Government of the Maldives.
12/1/1965Border Security Force was organised, which would be armed and trained to man the International Border with Pakistan.