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Historical Event on 10/18/2000

Ram Vilas Paswan, Union Communications Minister, announces relief for phone users. New links to cost Rs. 2,000 in urban areas and Rs. 500 in rural areas.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/13/1974India's first one-day international was played vs England at Headingley.
3/4/1995Kakrapar nuclear power station's second unit located near Surat synchronised to the western grid after mandatory tests.
9/14/1893Celebration of 'Sarvajanik Ganeshotsav' (Festival of Lord Ganesha) started.
11/6/1985Sanjeev Kumar, film actor, died.
11/15/1993IA Airbus with 272 on board forcelands on a paddy field near Tirupati; all passengers safe.
9/4/1987Roop Kanwar, an 18-year-old girl, commits Sati (burning herself in her husband's funeral pyre) in Deorala in Rajasthan.
4/22/1991IMF and the World Bank decide to grant $1 billion loan to India.
1/11/1991Ravi Naik of Maharashtra Gomanthak party sworn in as the CM of Goa.
4/14/1963Maha Pandit Rahul Sanskrityayan, great Hindi writer, politician and professor, passed away at Darjeeling.
3/22/1938IRFA was registered as a local body not administered by the Government on March 22, 1938 under the Government of India Act No. XXI of 1860.