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Historical Event on 7/18/1987

Arun Singh, union minister of state for defence, resigns from the cabinet.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/29/1978Jayasinghrao Mansinghrao Ghorpade, cricketer, 8 Tests for India and 229 runs, passed away.
6/29/1857Battle at Chinhat (Indies rebel under Barkat Ahmed beat British).
5/19/2000A `civil coup' in Fiji ousts the first ethnic Indian Prime Minister Mahendra Pal Choudhary. President Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara proclaims a state of emergency.
12/7/1992Religious riots swept across India in the wake of the destruction of the ancient Babri Masjid mosque by rampaging Hindu fanatics in the northern Indian town of Ayodhya yesterday. More than 800 people had been killed and hundreds injured as Muslim and Hindu mobs stabbed, shooted and beat each other. The violence had thrown the government into chaos and had spilled into the neighboring states of Pakistan and Bangladesh. The army had been called out to restore order in Bombay, where street battles left 41 dead. The stock market had been closed down and Parliament forced to adjourn. Advani quit as the leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha.
8/1/1962Establishment of Maharashtra State Industrial Development Corporation.
1/2/1994India and Pakistan resume talks after a gap of 16 months.
4/15/1997Interest rate on domestic term deposits brought down from 10 to nine per cent by RBI.
3/16/1880Parshuram Rajshekhar Basu, famous Bengali writer, was born.
7/22/1702The ""English Company of Merchants"" and the old East India Company was named the United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the East Indies"". In1833, this name finally changed to East India Company.
4/16/1991President's rule imposed in Haryana.