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Historical Event on 10/18/1993

Mandakini Athvale, first child actor of Indian film industry, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/7/1987Kapil Dev takes his 300th Test wicket. At 28, he was the youngest cricketer to accomplish this feat.
9/18/1867Ganganendranath Tagore, great painter, patriot and artist, was born in Calcutta.
1/9/1916Ramkrishna Ramnarayan Ruia, great industrialist, was born.
5/3/1764Mir Kasim, with the backing of Delhi Emperor, attacked on Patna but this weak Emperor was defeated by Britishers. Britishers became the rulers of Bengal, the richest province of India.
7/15/1903Kumaraswamy Kamraj, great freedom fighter, social reformer, political leader and member of the Lok Sabha, was born in a trading family at Virudhunagar in Tamil Nadu.
5/7/1996Third and final phase of polling begins for 185 LS constituencies and 154 assembly constituencies; 55 to 60\% turnout was witnessed and there was widespread violence in Bihar.
10/31/2000Chhattisgarh, the 26th State of Indian Union, comes into existence with the swearing in of its Governor Dinesh Nandan Sahay and Chief Minister Ajit Jogi at a glittering function at Raipur.
11/19/1991Kashinath Anant (Rambhau Joshi), famous editor, passed away.
4/10/1997Kerala becomes the first state to have public telephones in all its villages, accessible over STD/ISD from any part of the world.
10/31/1885St. Stephen's Hospital was opened. It was the first hospital for women and children at Delhi.