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Historical Event on 2/18/1993
Phoolan Devi, the legendary Bandit Queen, was released after 11 years in jail. A heroine to many low-caste Indians, she was born into the Mallah caste of fishermen, close to the bottom of India's rigid social scale, and became a bandit after she was gang-raped. She led her rural band in robbing and killing upper-caste Thakurs in revenge for the murder of her lover and acquired a Robin Hood image. The Rebel of the Ravines siad, ""I shall work for the upliftment of the women and downtrodden"".
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/18/1933 | Gandhiji commences at noon 21 days' fast for self-purification; released unconditionally at 9 p.m. |
| 3/21/1934 | Buta Singh, former Home Minister of India, was born. |
| 11/12/1885 | Firodia Kundanmal Shobhachand, politician and Gandhian, was born. |
| 8/7/1999 | A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, appeals to the United States to name Pakistan as a terrorist state. |
| 9/6/1996 | A Delhi court says there are grounds for framing charges of criminal conspiracy and corruption against L.K. Advani. |
| 8/22/1980 | Kishor Shahu, actor and director, died. |
| 9/6/1994 | Prime Minister Narsimha Rao meets with his counterpart Vo Van Kiet at Hanoi. Both countries decide to boost ties. |
| 5/29/1933 | Gandhi ends his 21-day fast, his second for the cause of the 'untouchables'. |
| 2/22/1845 | Serampore of Hooghly district and Balasore cities from Dutch purchased East Indian Company. |
| 8/16/1958 | Pather Panchali' won the top five awards, including feature length motion picture, and got a honorary mention at the Vancouver International Film Festival. |
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