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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
3/12/1997aspal Rana equals world mark in standard pistol 25m (ISU) event in South Asian shooting in Delhi.
9/20/1819Jose Custodio Faria (Joseph Stadio Faria), revolutionary scientist of Goa died.
8/20/1915Devraj Ars, former chief minister of Karnataka, was born.
3/22/1942Both Congress and Muslim League refused Cripps Mission offer. Congress adopts Quit India Resolution. Cripps Commission came to India which was preceded by Sir Stephard Crips to find out a political formula for transfer of power to Indians.
1/4/1995IAF batch (Angel of Mercy) returns from Somalia after 16 months of stay and 700 sorties.
4/6/2000The Government permits use of LPG as auto fuel.
5/1/1867Sri Kasinadhuni Nageswara Rao Pantulu, great freedom fighter, journalist, nationalist, politician, pioneer in library movement and litterateur, was born at Elakurru village in Gudivada Taluk, District Krishna.
11/3/1998Mamta Banerjee, the TMC leader resigns from Central Coordinating Committee of the BJP and Allies to highlight the issue of spiralling vegetable prices, but Vajpayee refused to accepts the resignation.
6/27/1838Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay (Chatterjee), famous novelist, ""the father of modern Indian fiction"" and writer of national song 'Vande Mataram', was borm at Katalpara near Naihati, West Bengal. Some of his writings are 'Anandmath' and 'Kapal Kundala'. He was among the first two Bengalee Graduates.
12/1/1993Nirubhai Desai, freedom fighter, veteran journalist and socialist, passed away.