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Historical Event on 7/18/1993

Jayalalitha goes on fast on Cauvery issue.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/26/1857First Indian Revolution called the Sepoy Mutiny ends in a few months with the fall of Delhi and Lucknow which broke out in Berhampore by the 19th Bengal Infantry.
9/26/1996Deve Gowda, PM, takes oath as Rajya Sabha member. He was the first PM to enter parliament through RS. Indira Gandhi was already a RS member when elected leader in 1966.
9/26/1998Sachin Tendulkar make a record 127 runs against Zimbabwe at Calcutta.
4/16/1997Anupama Gokhale wins National women's `A' chess in Calcutta.
9/1/1965Pakistan launched Operation 'Grand Slam' in Chhamb sector aimed at Akhnoor in Jammu. Indians had battled Pakistanis in air and on ground at Kashmir.
4/5/1993G. V. Iyer's Sanskrit film 'Bhagavad Geeta was adjudged the best film at the National Film Awards.
12/5/1872Bhai Vir Singh, great poet, social worker, writer, educationist, musician, humanitarian and Padma Bhushan awardee, was born at Amritsar.
9/9/1850Bhartendu Harish Chander, father of modern Hindi literature, poet and dramatist, was born.
7/17/1893Lokmanya Tilak was arrested for 18 months.
4/11/1993Tamil Nadu and Karnataka decide to form a joint task force to nab Veerappan and announces a reward of Rs. 40 lakh for his capture.