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Historical Event on 8/18/1995

Parvati Giri, also called the Little Mother Teresa, died in Orissa. She was 69. She was a social worker and had taken part during the Quit India movement.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/1/1964Ravishankar University was established at Raipur in Madhya Pradesh.
6/30/1979R. D. Singh became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation. He was there in this office till 24 Jan. 1980.
11/15/1991Insurance official Dr. S.L. Khosa freed in Kashmir in exchange for a militant.
7/18/1998The Maharashtra Government bans the controversial Marathi play on Nathuram Godse, assassin of Mahatma Gandhi. It was produced by Mr. Udhay Dhurat.
10/17/1998Nine women are buried alive as the roof of the 200-year-old Balaji temple in Varanasi's Ramghat area caves in.
10/16/1990Om Shivpuri, famous film and theatre artist, died.
9/29/1836Chamber of Commerce and Industry was established in Madras
6/13/1998India rejects G-8 prescriptions saying they are ''coercive and intrusive'' and intend to freeze the nuclear weapon capabilities of New Delhi and Islamabad.
11/18/1972Tiger was adopted as India's 'National Animal'
11/18/1972Akbar himself left Agra.