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Historical Event on 8/18/1985

Assam Assembly dissolved (18).

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/3/1999India finished with seven silver and four bronze medals in the Asian Junior Athletic Championship in Singapore.
3/5/1868Harishchandra Sakharam Bhatwadekar alias Save Dada, who filmed the felicitation function of Wrangler R. P. Paranjapye, was born. This film was titled as ""The Fresh Indian Regular of Cambridge University."" He was the First Short Documentary Film Maker of India.
10/16/193635 killed in Hindu-Muslim riots at Bombay.
6/3/1998The naval version of the surface-to-air missile, Trishul, is test-fired in Kochi.
11/19/1993Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development awarded to Czech President Vaclav Havel.
9/16/1996First one-day international in Canada played between India and Pakistan at Toronto.
3/23/1992G. S. Dhillon, former speaker of Lok Sabha, passed away.
10/2/1986Rajiv Gandhi survives assassination attempt made by Sikh extremists at Raj Ghat.
6/30/1917Dr. Dadabhai Naoroji, great Indian, patriot and one of the founders of the Indian National Congress, politician and merchant, died at the age of 92.
5/1/1981Sindhudurga district was formed in Maharashtra State.