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Historical Event on 5/18/1995

Sukhomoy Sengupta, 76, Tripura's first CM, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/11/1987President's rule imposed in Punjab.
4/27/1996First phase of election for 11th Lok Sabha, and assembly election in 6 states.
4/2/1954Nehru calls for a halt to the build up of nuclear weapons.
2/13/1994Troops moved to Uttar Pradesh to quell caste violence.
4/20/1992U. K. Kanitkar, famous scientist, and professor, passed away.
7/3/1991Kailash Sethi was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 22-07-1996.
8/22/1933Inhabitants of Partabgarh face starvation as Opium was now outlawed. They had been living from the sale of opium for the past 800 years.
4/29/1957The National Civil Defence College was founded at Nagpur as the Central Emergency Relief Training Institute (CERTI). It functions as the training wing of the Emergency Relief Organisation of the Government of India.
5/10/1957Dr. Rajendra Prasad elected President of India for a second term.
5/1/1994Six leading Akali factions dissolved to form a new party, the Shiromani Akali Dal-Amritsar, which wanted a 'Sikh State'.