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Historical Event on 7/18/1953
Riots against increase in streetcar fares continue with demonstrators taking control of parts of Calcutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/2/1984	Army takes control in Punjab as 22 people are killed in Sikh struggle for autonomy. The state is declared a restricted area under the Foreigners' Act.
4/15/1919	British troops kill 400 Indians, who were demonstrating against the British rule at Amritsar for the forced marshall law on Punjab.
12/8/1998	An Indian film, 'The Terrorist' wins all top awards including the Golden Pyramid award for the best film at the 23rd Cairo International Film Festival. Santosh Sivan gets the best director award, while its actress Ayesha Dharker bags the best actress award.
4/18/1926	Padmakar Ganesh Chitle, famous Marathi novelist, was born.
3/13/1996	Wills World Cup Cricket semi final (India vs Sri Lanka) at Calcutta abandoned due to unruly crowd behaviour. Sri Lanka enters final.
12/20/1990	India and Pakistan agree not to attack each other's nuclear installations.
2/17/1994	Former US Congressman Stephan Solarz named Ambassador of India.
7/17/1948	Govt. announced that all discriminations against women in matter of employment will be done away with and in future, women will be eligible for any public service including administrative sevice and police service.
10/22/1937	Gandhiji presided over the educational conference at Wardha and outlined his scheme of education through basic crafts.
11/7/1862	Bahadurshah Jafar -II died at Rangoon in British prision.

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Historical Event on 7/18/1953 Riots against increase in streetcar fares continue with demonstrators taking control of parts of Calcutta.

Historical Event on 7/18/1953
Riots against increase in streetcar fares continue with demonstrators taking control of parts of Calcutta.