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Historical Event on 5/18/1988

The ten-day Golden Temple siege at Amritsar ends with the surrender of 46 militant Sikhs.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/10/2000Arjuna Ranatunga, former Sri Lankan cricket captain, retires from international cricket.
5/20/1976Oil production started from Bombay High.
6/15/1993PM Narasimha Rao visits Oman; India and Oman decide to give each other MFN status.
7/3/1948H. M. S. Auchils was taken over by Indian Navy.
11/22/1968Lok Sabha passed notification to change the name of Madras state as Tamil Nadu.
11/21/1947First postal stamp of indepedent India of three and half annas denomination was started. Major General Cariappa took over from Lieutenant General Sir Francies Tulker as the Army Commander, Eastern Command, in the rank of Lieutenant General.
12/1/1965Border Security Force was organised, which would be armed and trained to man the International Border with Pakistan.
11/2/1984Violence following Indira Gandhi's assassination takes heavy toll.
9/1/1962Shivaji University was established in Kolhapur.
3/22/1963World Bank loans India $ 67 mil. to improve its railways.