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Historical Event on 2/18/1983

Violence between Hindu Tamils and Buddhist Singhalese in Sri Lanka marks beginning of Tamil rebellion by Tiger freedom fighters demanding an independent nation called Eelam. Prolonged civil war results.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/6/1989Six top Cricket stars banned for one year from all cricket activities on the issue of American tour.
4/4/1912Dhundiraj Gopal Sapre, Sahityaratna and Sanskrit litterateur, was born.
7/21/1975Hindi Post Guards was established by Government.
9/30/1989INS Shalki, India's first indigenously built submarine, launched in Bombay.
6/23/1894Edward VIII, king of Great Brit/N-Ireland and emperor of India (1936), was born.
6/17/1991Prabhakar Machve, famous litterateur, passed away.
4/1/1973India starts a drive to save tigers from extinction.
12/26/1991Militant Sikhs kill 55 & wound 70 in India.
6/11/1995PM leaves for 4-day official visit to France.
10/3/2000Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee buys peace with the Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee by agreeing to a partial rollback of the hike in prices of petroleum products.