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Historical Event on 7/18/1993
India beats France 3-2 in a sensational Davis Cup tie to enter into the semi-final.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/24/1974 | India all out for 42 in Lord's Test cricket in 77 mins. |
| 11/9/1999 | Prof. Romila Thapar, historian, is elected to the highest British academic honour. |
| 6/8/1997 | Prafulla Kumar Mahanta, Assam Chief Minister, has a narrow escape as a powerful remote-controlled bomb exploded in Maligaon area of Guwahati. |
| 4/18/2000 | The Board of Control for Cricket in India adopts a six-point code of conduct for the players. |
| 3/24/2000 | Rupali Repale of India becomes the first woman and the youngest to swim the Robben Island channel-both ways. |
| 9/12/1899 | Vibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay, world famous Bengali novelist, was born. |
| 9/12/1993 | Former Chief Minister of Gujarat Hitendra Desai died. |
| 4/1/1954 | French settlements in India pass under Indian control. |
| 12/5/1872 | Bhai Vir Singh, great poet, social worker, writer, educationist, musician, humanitarian and Padma Bhushan awardee, was born at Amritsar. |
| 6/1/1996 | H.D. Deve Gowda's 21-member Central cabinet sworn in. |
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