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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 |
| 8/4/2000 | Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother and the last member of the British royal family to bear the title ''Empress of India'', celebrated her 100th birthday. |
| 6/16/1893 | Karumuttu Thiagarajan Chettiar, social worker and industrialist, was born at Athikkadu Thekkur in Tamil Nadu. |
| 3/21/1939 | Gandhi calls on world to disarm, thinks Hitler would follow. |
| 1/29/1997 | Olympic Hockey captain Pargat Singh announces retirement. |
| 9/17/1960 | Agreement reached with Pakistan on the distribution of the River Indus and its tributaries. |
| 9/25/1990 | Prafull Chandra Sen, former Chief Minister of West Bengal and Gandhian leader, died in Calcutta. He was 94 years old. |
| 1/17/1933 | Aga Khan, religious leader (Muslims), was born. |
| 6/23/1946 | Gandhiji advises Congress not to enter Interim Government, but only Constituent Assembly. |
| 2/26/1998 | Kalyan Singh wins the ''composite floor test'' in the Assembly, securing 225 votes against the 196 got by Jagadambika Pal. |
| 1/9/1916 | Ramkrishna Ramnarayan Ruia, great industrialist, was born. |
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