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Historical Event on 6/18/1993

Advani takes over as party President.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/9/1947P. C. Joshi, General Secretary, Communist Party of India (CPI), appealed to all LEFT parties to rally around Nehru to fight for peace.
3/26/1972The first International Sanskrit Conference was held by President V.V Giri.
3/26/1972Affonso de Albuquerque, who is regarded as the real founder of Portuguese power in India, died at the age of 73 years.
5/12/1993Samsher Bahadur Singh, modern Hindi poet, passed away.
1/11/1966Lal Bahadur Shastri was posthumously awarded the ""Bharat Ratna"".
1/15/1988Narendra Hirwani makes a world record by capturing 16 West Indies wickets on Test debut at Chidambaram Stadium in Madras.
3/25/1933Vasantrao Gowarikar, space scientist, was born.
8/29/1975Adinath Lahiri, leading geologist, passed away.
8/16/1991C. Achuta Menon, former CM of Kerala, passed away.
2/2/1952India won first cricket Test Match at Chepauk Stadium, Madras.