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Historical Event on 2/18/1993
Phoolan Devi, the legendary Bandit Queen, was released after 11 years in jail. A heroine to many low-caste Indians, she was born into the Mallah caste of fishermen, close to the bottom of India's rigid social scale, and became a bandit after she was gang-raped. She led her rural band in robbing and killing upper-caste Thakurs in revenge for the murder of her lover and acquired a Robin Hood image. The Rebel of the Ravines siad, ""I shall work for the upliftment of the women and downtrodden"".
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/31/1920 | Inaugural session of the All India Trade Union Congress was conducted in Bombay. |
| 8/20/1991 | Sivarasan and Subha, the main suspects in Rajiv Gandhi case, commit suicide in Bangalore. |
| 1/1/1918 | Sir Edwin Lutyens was knighted in recognition of his quality of work at Delhi and his gratuitious services to the War Graves Commission. |
| 1/20/1995 | Supreme Court orders closure of 84 industries in and around Taj Mahal in UP due to pollution. |
| 12/17/1914 | Syed Mushtaq Ali Takub Khan, cricketer, prolific Indian batsman of 30's & 40's, was born in Indore. |
| 11/7/1974 | South Africa beats India in Women's Open in 63rd Tennis Davis Cup. |
| 6/17/2000 | Danial Latifi (83), well known jurist and senior Supreme Court advocate, died of cancer in New Delhi. |
| 11/24/1963 | Marotrao Kannamwar, former Chief Minister of Maharashtra, passed away. |
| 7/8/1958 | Lord Canning declared that since peace was established, it is better known as end of Indian Mutiny, 1857. |
| 7/10/1991 | C. G. Pandit, famous scientist and Padmabhushan awardee, died. |
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