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Historical Event on 5/18/1988
The ten-day Golden Temple siege at Amritsar ends with the surrender of 46 militant Sikhs.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/25/1888 | Lord Louis Mountbatten, British politician, was born. |
| 7/23/1912 | Kilachand Ambalal, great industrialist, was born. |
| 2/13/1601 | John Lancaster leads 1st East India Company voyage from London. |
| 3/4/1991 | Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha presents mid-term budget, cut in food and fertiliser subsidy, amounting to Rs. 934 crore, proposed. |
| 3/21/1973 | Yashwant Ramkrishna Date, great Marathi dictionary creator, passed away. |
| 1/8/1981 | India all out for 63 runs in one-day international vs Australia. |
| 2/15/1901 | Muddan, famous Kannad poet and author, passed away. |
| 1/9/1919 | Theophane A. Mathias, educationist, was born. |
| 3/27/1878 | Britishers sent Indian soldiers to Malta considering that the Russian would attack. |
| 2/2/1949 | Press Trust of India' was established. |
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