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Historical Event on 8/18/1985

Assam Assembly dissolved (18).

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/8/1967Indira Gandhi was hit in face by a stone while addressing crowd.
4/6/1966Mihir Sen, first Indian swimmer to achieve many remarkable feats, swam across the 'Palk Strait' measuring 22 kms between India & Sri Lanka (Cylone).
2/14/1994V. P. Singh elected JD Chief in place of S.R. Bommai who stepped down.
4/29/2000The Army institutes a high-level court of inquiry under Maj. Gen. C.B. Suku to look into the causes of the arms depot conflagration.
2/28/1937Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar discovers the white dwarf maximum mass limit.
8/8/1967Central government, for the first time since independence, suffered a token defeat in the Lok Sabha.
9/23/1858Grant Duf, historian who studied Maratha history, died.
8/16/1932Britain instituted new electoral plan for India: to allow limited untouchables and giving them separate representation.
6/27/1966D. S. Joshi was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-12-1968.
6/18/1994The strength of the Sikkim Sangram Parishad ministry led by Sanchaman Limboo reduced to 14 in the 32-member house.