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Historical Event on 8/18/1993

The Transport Development Council decides to abolish Pathkar (entry tax) and increase the fee for national permit from Rs. 1500 to Rs. 5000.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/5/1903Former minister William Petty declares Persian Gulf a part of British dominion in India.
9/1/1668Mumbai was handed over to East India Company by King of England.
1/17/1925Abdul Hafeez Kardar, cricketer (Pakistan 1st Test captain, previously played for India), was born in Lahore.
8/16/2000Rangarajan Kumaramangalam, Union Power Minister, goes into a coma after multiple organ failure.
7/7/1901J. Watsan Harod started a branch of Gramophone Company at Calcutta.
4/27/1878Calcutta University started Women's Education, and allowed women to appear in the Entrance Examination.
5/15/1958Gift Tax Act was introduced.
2/1/1969Pinaki Chatterji and George Albert Duke on a two-man rowing expedition to the Andamans set out from Calcutta.
6/17/1995Motilal Vohra, UP Governor, sets agenda for a two-day special session of the UP Assembly asking the speaker to take up a motion against self first.
8/7/1991India successfully launches Prithvi-III, surface-to-air missile from Sriharikota.