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Historical Event on 5/18/1985

Dr. P. C. Alexander appointed High Commissioner in Britain.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/8/1933Gandhi starts hunger strike to protest the British repression of untouchables.
8/13/1960Marmik' weekly magzine published.
10/31/1990Hindus flee Muslim prorsecution in Kashmir Valley.
11/13/1901Four Language panels were started on Rs. 10/- notes. First time four corner serial numbers were introduced. This panel had Indian languages which varied from state to state.
8/25/1994Ramdas Nayak, President of BJP Mumbai and former MLA was assassinated at Chembur, Mumbai. He was 52.
11/8/1966Rameshwari Nehru, freedom fighter and social worker, died at 80 years in New Delhi. She founded ""Stree-Darpan"" Magazine in 1909 and was president of ""Indian Women Association"". She had received Lenin Peace Prize in 1961 for her humanitarian services for upliftment of the down
4/11/1906K.V. Jagannathan, great Hindi writer and journalist, was born at Krishnarayapuram,Tamil Nadu.
10/2/1986Rajiv Gandhi survives assassination attempt made by Sikh extremists at Raj Ghat.
4/24/1959Nehru meets the exiled Dalai Lama in Mussoorie.
12/11/1687Madras' first presidency chartered with a Mayor s court as a Municipal Corporation.